nicety

ni·ce·ty  (ns-t)

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.

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[Middle English nicete, silliness, exactitude, from Old French, silliness, from nice, silly; see nice.]

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nicety [ˈnaɪsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. 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 precision

4. excessive refinement; fastidiousness

to a nicety with precision

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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, rightness conformance, 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, shade meaning, 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"

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nicety

noun fine point, distinction, subtlety, nuance, refinement, minutiae We have dealt with all the legal niceties.

Translations

nicety [ˈnaɪsɪtɪ] N → sutileza f
niceties → detalles mpl, sutilezas fpl
legal niceties → pormenores mpl legales
she went through the social niceties → realizó las formalidades or los cumplidos de rigor
to judge sth to a nicety → juzgar algo con precisión or al detalle

nicety

n

(= subtlety) → Feinheit f; (of judgement) → Schärfe f; (= precision) → (peinliche) Genauigkeit; to a nicety → äußerst or sehr genau

niceties pl → Feinheiten pl, → Details pl

nicety [ˈnaɪsɪtɪ] n (of judgment) → accuratezza niceties npl → particolari mpl, finezze fpl
a question of some nicety → una questione piuttosto delicata
to a nicety → alla perfezione