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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Nicety \Ni"ce*ty\, n.; pl. {Niceties}. [OE. nicet[82] 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. | |
