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nicety
ni·ce·ty N0095200 (nī′sĭ-tē)n. pl. ni·ce·ties 1. The quality of showing or requiring careful, precise treatment: the nicety of a diplomatic exchange.2. Delicacy of character or feeling; fastidiousness; scrupulousness.3. A fine point, small detail, or subtle distinction: the niceties of etiquette.4. An elegant or refined feature; an amenity: the niceties of civilized life.
[Middle English nicete, silliness, exactitude, from Old French, silliness, from nice, silly; see nice.]nicety (ˈnaɪsɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. a subtle point of delicacy or distinction: a nicety of etiquette. 2. (usually plural) a refinement or delicacy: the niceties of first-class travel. 3. subtlety, delicacy, or precision4. excessive refinement; fastidiousness5. to a nicety with precisionni•ce•ty (ˈnaɪ sɪ ti)
n., pl. -ties. 1. a delicate or fine point; subtlety: the niceties of protocol. 2. exactness or preciseness, as in workmanship; detail. 3. Usu., niceties. refined or fine things or manners: the niceties of life. 4. the quality of being nice; niceness. 5. delicacy; care or tact: a matter of considerable nicety. [1275–1325; Middle English: silliness, extravagance, cleverness < Old French niceté. See nice, -ty2] nice, nicety - Nice first meant "foolish, ignorant," derived from Latin nescius, "ignorant"; nicety first meant "stupidity."See also related terms for ignorant.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | nicety - conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"justness, rightnessconformance, conformity - correspondence in form or appearance | | 2. | 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"nuance, subtlety, refinement, shademeaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
nicetynoun fine point, distinction, subtlety, nuance, refinement, minutiae We have dealt with all the legal niceties.Translationsnice (nais) adjective1. pleasant; agreeable. nice weather; a nice person. 美好的，和善的 美好的，好心的 2. used jokingly. We're in a nice mess now. (反語) 不好的 （反语）糟透的 3. exact; precise. a nice sense of timing. 細微的，精細的 细致的，精确的 ˈnicely adverb 很好地，合宜地，精細地 恰好，合宜地，精细地 nicety (ˈnaisəti) – plural ˈniceties – noun a precise or delicate detail. 細微處 精确，精细，细微的区别 to a nicety exactly. He judged the distance to a nicety. 精確地，恰到好處地 准确地，恰到好处地 IdiomsSeeto a nicetyEncyclopediaSeeNiceMedicalSeeNICEnicety
Synonyms for nicetynoun fine pointSynonyms- fine point
- distinction
- subtlety
- nuance
- refinement
- minutiae
Synonyms for nicetynoun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or proprietySynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitudeSynonyms- nuance
- subtlety
- refinement
- shade
Related Words- meaning
- signification
- import
- significance
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