NICETY

nicety. Nicety, n. accuracy, minuteness, delicacy, dainty

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Ni″ce‐ty (?), n.; pl. Niceties (#). [[OE. niceté foolishness.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).
The miller smiled of her nicety. Chaucer. 2. 2. Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
3. 3. A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.
The fineness and niceties of words. Locke. To a nicety, with great exactness or accuracy.