Nicety
['naɪsɪtɪ] or ['naɪsəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).
(n.) Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
(n.) A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Accuracy, exactness, precision, truth, niceness.[2]. Fastidiousness, daintiness, PURISM, squeamishness.[3]. Subtilty, nice point, minute distinction.[4]. Delicacy, dainty, tidbit, delicate morsel.
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Examples
- Oh, said Caleb, leaning forward, adjusting his finger-tips with nicety and looking meditatively on the ground. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You mince matters to an uncommon nicety. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Subsequent improvements and developments of the Jacquard loom have carried its work to great nicety and refinement of action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Selina says it is quite horror to herand I believe I have caught a little of her nicety. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This kind of distribution of values expressed with nicety the state of opinion in the generations following upon Locke. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But unfortunately my own nicety, and the nicety of my friends, have made me what I am, an idle, helpless being. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Oliver murmured his comprehension of the different bodies referred to; and Mr. Sikes proceeded to load the pistol, with great nicety and deliberation. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It also required great nicety in the fitting of the breech to the barrel, to prevent the fire from communicating to the other chambers. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It requires great powers, great nicety, to give her playfulness and simplicity without extravagance. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Caleb had pushed his chair back, and was leaning forward, shaking his head slowly, and fitting his finger-tips together with much nicety. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- These gentlemen, after they had a while examined my shape with much nicety, were of different opinions concerning me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In fifteen minutes the volume and brilliancy of the flame diminish, and this indicates the critical moment of conversion into tough steel, which must be adjusted to the greatest nicety. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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