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English Dictionary: nicety	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nicety
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nicety n conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" Synonym(s): justness, rightness, nicety 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" Synonym(s): nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.