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1. (n.) nicety
a delicate or fine point; subtlety:
the niceties of protocol.
2. nicety
exactness or preciseness, as in workmanship; detail.
3. nicety
Usu., niceties. refined or fine things or manners:
the niceties of life.
4. nicety
the quality of being nice; niceness.
5. nicety
delicacy; care or tact:
a matter of considerable nicety.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME: silliness, extravagance, cleverness < OF niceté. See nice , -ty2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) justness, rightness, nicety
conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
"it was performed with justness and beauty"
2. (noun) nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) nicety
the quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.)
2. (noun) nicety
delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision
3. (noun) nicety
a delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction
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Sense: a precise or delicate detail.
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 Afrikaans: noukeurigheid |
 Arabic: بالتَّفْصيل |
 Bulgarian: прецизност |
 Brazilian: delicadeza |
 Czech: přesnost, jemnost |
 German: die Feinheit |
 Danish: finesse |
 Greek: λεπτομέρεια |
 Spanish: sutileza |
 Estonian: nüanss |
 Farsi: ظرافت |
 Finnish: vivahde |
 French: raffinement |
 Hebrew: דִיוּק |
 Hindi: व्योरा |
 Croatian: preciznost, točnost |
 Hungarian: finom részlet |
 Indonesian: ketepatan |
 Icelandic: smáatriði, nákvæmnisatrið |
 Italian: accuratezza, precisione |
 Japanese: 正確 |
 Korean: 정확성 |
 Lithuanian: subtilybė, vingrybė |
 Latvian: būtiska detaļa |
 Malay: perbezaan yang kecil |
 Dutch: detail |
 Norwegian: finesse, fin detalj, nøya |
 Polish: finezja |
 Persian: ظرافت |
 Pashto: ښكلا |
 Portuguese: delicadeza |
 Romanian: detaliu |
 Russian: тонкость; мелкие подробно |
 Slovak: presnosť, jemnosť |
 Slovenian: natančnost, podrobnost |
 Serbian: finesa |
 Swedish: precision, noggrannhet |
 Thai: ความแม่นยำ |
 Turkish: ince nokta, püf noktası |
 Taiwanese: 細微處 |
 Ukrainian: чіткість; пунктуальність |
 Urdu: مختصر اور نازک تفصيل |
 Vietnamese: những chi tiết nhỏ |
 Chinese: 精确，精细，细微的区别 |
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