英语词汇“a nicety”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to a nicety: precisely, exactly, as closely or completely as possible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly

strait1338

smally1340

at point devicec1390

point-devicec1425

precisely1526

to the point device1542

just1549

rigorously1561

by the square1570

curiously1573

by point device1575

in print1576

to a tittle1597

nicelya1616

to a hair's breadtha1616

point-vice1641

to a nicka1680

to a cow's thumb1681

to a tee1693

narrowly1708

scrupulously1712

to a dot1728

perjinkly1775

to a nicety1795

astringently1866

to a fit1890

1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. iii. 27 To a nicety, he has prov'd himself the greatest Mathematician o'th' Age.

1712 W. Oldisworth tr. Horace Odes III. xv. 23 You to a Nicety can tell, When Codrus for his Country fell.

1740 Friedrich Let. in T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia (1862) III. xi. iii. 64 All was arranged and concerted to a nicety.

1795 E. Burke Lett. in Wks. IX. 418 These things play the Jacobin game to a nicety.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 14 Fitting on his gloves to a nicety.

1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 3/2 (advt.) One that fits to a nicety the breast-pocket of a uniform.

1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 146 We struck the beach fairly and squarely. Spriggs, RNR, had brought us in to a nicety.

1986 A. Harding Also Georgiana (1988) v. 73 Drapes correctly hung, their folds calculated to a nicety to suggest the acceptable degree of luxury.

†c. to a (great, uncommon, etc.) nicety: to the degree of precision specified. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses (new ed.) vi. sig. B Nic..calculated the Acres and Roods to a great Nicety.

1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 114 They would be able to a very great Nicety to ascertain the absolute Velocity of Electricity.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 127 The pendulum affords a means of subdividing time to an almost unlimited nicety.

1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major II. xvi. 20 The sun shone occasionally into Matilda's face..its rays picking out all her features to a great nicety.

单词	a nicety
释义	> as lemmas to a nicety b. to a nicety: precisely, exactly, as closely or completely as possible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly strait1338 smally1340 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 precisely1526 to the point device1542 just1549 rigorously1561 by the square1570 curiously1573 by point device1575 in print1576 to a tittle1597 nicelya1616 to a hair's breadtha1616 point-vice1641 to a nicka1680 to a cow's thumb1681 to a tee1693 narrowly1708 scrupulously1712 to a dot1728 perjinkly1775 to a nicety1795 astringently1866 to a fit1890 1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. iii. 27 To a nicety, he has prov'd himself the greatest Mathematician o'th' Age. 1712 W. Oldisworth tr. Horace Odes III. xv. 23 You to a Nicety can tell, When Codrus for his Country fell. 1740 Friedrich Let. in T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia (1862) III. xi. iii. 64 All was arranged and concerted to a nicety. 1795 E. Burke Lett. in Wks. IX. 418 These things play the Jacobin game to a nicety. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 14 Fitting on his gloves to a nicety. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 3/2 (advt.) One that fits to a nicety the breast-pocket of a uniform. 1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 146 We struck the beach fairly and squarely. Spriggs, RNR, had brought us in to a nicety. 1986 A. Harding Also Georgiana (1988) v. 73 Drapes correctly hung, their folds calculated to a nicety to suggest the acceptable degree of luxury. extracted from nicetyn. to a (great, uncommon, etc.) nicety †c. to a (great, uncommon, etc.) nicety: to the degree of precision specified. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses (new ed.) vi. sig. B Nic..calculated the Acres and Roods to a great Nicety. 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 114 They would be able to a very great Nicety to ascertain the absolute Velocity of Electricity. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 127 The pendulum affords a means of subdividing time to an almost unlimited nicety. 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major II. xvi. 20 The sun shone occasionally into Matilda's face..its rays picking out all her features to a great nicety. extracted from nicetyn. < as lemmas
随便看	to be up to the mark to be up to trap to be up with to be up with the lark to be up with the laverock to be upon a person's jack to be upon advantage to be upon an advantage to be upon honour to be upon one's honour to be upon one's mettle to be upon one's pantofles to be upon pantofles to be upon the force to be upon the gog of to be upon the hoof to be upon the in a nettle to be upon the nettle to be upon the street to be upon the streets to be upon ways and means to be upshots to be upshots with to be wake-ups to be wakeups

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