| 单词 | after the nicety |
| 释义 | > as lemmasafter the nicety a. Fine or delicate precision; accuracy, exactitude, minuteness. †after the nicety: precisely (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > careful exactness nicetya1393 featness1577 accurateness1611 accuracy1644 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] nicetya1393 curiosityc1400 suretya1500 justness1533 preciseness1569 accurateness1611 punctuality1620 punctualness1620 mathematicality1641 accuracy1644 expressness1645 exactness1646 veracity1666 niceness1678 correctness1684 criticalness1693 precision1698 punctuosity1733 definitude1836 minutia1849 definition1866 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] > degree of nicetya1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 462 (MED) That..maladie..is cleped Jelousie, Of which if I the proprete Schal telle after the nycete..A Fievere it is cotidian. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N3 [Our kind of dancing is used] to show our actiuitie, agilitie and curious nicitie and to procure lustful looue. 1714 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements (rev. ed.) Pref. Some..may have demonstrated most of these Propositions with more nicety. 1723 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth (ed. 3) 204 With that exquisite Nicety as to express even the smallest and finest Lineaments of them. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 155. ⁋2 Those who can distinguish with the utmost nicety the boundaries of vice and virtue. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling ii. iv. 100 If it is a proper fly for the season, and you cast it with a nicety, the fish is your own. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) xi. 81 Some nicety will be required in these operations. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 92 If the sea was running high the utmost nicety in steering..would be essential. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness i, in Youth 86 It was borne in upon me..with what extreme nicety he had estimated the time requisite. 1990 Ess. in Crit. 40 278 For nicety of phrasing, she yields nothing to Pope himself in these lines. < as lemmas |
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