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noun, plural -ties.
1.
a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
2.
a fine distinction; subtlety; detail: the niceties of the filigree work.
3.
Usually, niceties. a refined, elegant, or choice feature, as of manner or living: working hard to acquire the niceties of life.
4.
EXPANDexactness or precision.
6.
COLLAPSEdelicacy of character, as of something requiring care or tact: a matter of considerable nicety.
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nicety
mid-14c., "folly, stupidity," from O.Fr. niceté "foolishness," from nice "silly" (see nice). Underwent sense evolution parallel to nice, arriving at "minute, subtle point" 1580s and "exactitude" in 1650s. Phrase to a nicety "exactly" is attested from 1795.
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