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Nicety

Nicety Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nicety? [n] conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" [n] a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nicety: justness \| nuance \| refinement \| rightness \| shade \| subtlety Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nicety: absoluteness \| accuracy \| acquired taste \| appreciation \| appreciation of differences \| appreciation of excellence \| appreciativeness \| artistic judgment \| attention to detail \| attention to fact \| care for truth \| choiceness \| circumstantiality \| civilized taste \| civilizedness \| connoisseurship \| conscientiousness \| correctness \| critical niceness \| criticality \| criticalness \| cultivated taste \| cultivation \| culture \| daintiness \| delicacy \| delicate distinction \| delicateness \| detail \| differentia \| differential \| discriminating taste \| discriminatingness \| discrimination \| discriminativeness \| distinction \| elegance \| exactingness \| exactitude \| exactness \| excellence \| exquisiteness \| faithfulness \| fastidiousness \| faultlessness \| feel \| feeling \| fidelity \| fine palate \| fine point \| fineness \| finesse \| finicality \| finicalness \| finickiness \| finickingness \| flawlessness \| fussiness \| good taste \| grace \| gracefulness \| gracility \| graciosity \| graciousness \| hairline \| judiciousness \| literalism \| literality \| literalness \| making distinctions \| margin \| mathematical precision \| meticulousness \| minuteness \| narrow margin \| nice distinction \| niceness \| niceness of distinction \| nuance \| palate \| particle of difference \| particularity \| particularness \| perfection \| point of difference \| polish \| preciseness \| precisianism \| precision \| punctiliousness \| punctuality \| quality \| refined discrimination \| refined palate \| refinement \| right \| rightness \| rigidity \| rigidness \| rigor \| rigorousness \| scrupulosity \| scrupulousness \| selectiveness \| sense \| sensibility \| sensitivity \| severity \| shade of difference \| sophistication \| strictness \| subtle distinction \| subtlety \| tact \| tactfulness \| taste \| tastefulness \| textualism \| the letter \| wide margin See Also \| conformance \| conformity \| import \| meaning \| significance \| signification Nicety In Webster's Dictionary \Ni"ce*ty\, n.; pl. {Niceties}. [OE. nicet['e] foolishness.] 1. The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.). The miller smiled of her nicety. --Chaucer. 2. Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision. 3. A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction. The fineness and niceties of words. --Locke. {To a nicety}, with great exactness or accuracy.

Nicety Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nicety?

[n] conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
[n] a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

Nicety In Webster's Dictionary

\Ni"ce*ty\, n.; pl. {Niceties}. [OE. nicet['e]
foolishness.]
1. The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses
   of that word.).

         The miller smiled of her nicety.      --Chaucer.

2. Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of
   observation or of discrimination; precision.

3. A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment,
   distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.

         The fineness and niceties of words.   --Locke.

{To a nicety}, with great exactness or accuracy.

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