Lexic.us

Definition of Nicety

1. Noun. Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety. "It was performed with justness and beauty"

2. Noun. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. "Don't argue about shades of meaning"

Definition of Nicety

1. n. The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).

Definition of Nicety

1. Noun. A small detail that is nice or polite to have but isn't necessary. ¹

2. Noun. Subtlety or precision of use. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nicety

1. a fine point or distinction [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicety

nicen nicen up nicened niceness nicenesses nicening nicens nicer nicergoline niceries

niceritrol nicery nices nicest niceties nicety (current term) nicey-nicey nicey nicey niche niche market

niche marketing niche markets niched nicheless nichered nichering nichers niches nichey

Literary usage of Nicety

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"There are some, perhaps, who, at first sight, may The nicety look upon the nicety employed in the adjustment of such rules, observed as so much labour lost ..."

2. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"But No Greater nicety nor Fullness Requisite than Nature of Facts Permits.—But no greater nicety nor fullness is required than the nature of the facts will ..."

3. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"One of them is a tolerably constant contempt for excessive nicety in moral distinctions, and an aversion to the monotonous attitude of praise and blame. ..."

4. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1898)
"One of them is a tolerably constant contempt for excessive nicety in moral distinctions, and an aversion to the monotonous attitude of praise and blame. ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1808)
"The nature of the pledge gi»en to the Catholics at the Union is stated with great precision and nicety, and accompanied by spirited exhortations to England ..."

6. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... arrange them in exact genealogical order; a work which none can comprehend the nicety and difficulty, but those who have actually made the experiment. ..."

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