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nicety


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nicety  \Ni"ce*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Niceties}.  [OE.  nicet['e] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nicety 
  n  1:  conformity  with  some  esthetic  standard  of  correctness  or 
  propriety;  "it  was  performed  with  justness  and  beauty" 
  [syn:  {justness},  {rightness}] 
  2:  a  subtle  difference  in  meaning  [syn:  {nuance},  {shade},  {subtlety}, 
  {refinement}] 




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