nicety

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A small detail or distinction.
2. (countable, uncountable) Subtlety or precision of use; exactness; preciseness.
3. (countable, uncountable) Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness
4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of social nicety.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which is delicate to the taste.

Adj

Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way that is seemingly, or perceived as, pleasant or agreeable.

Synonyms

refinement

subtlety

delicacy

rightness

fineness

precision

tenuity

sheerness

nuance

shade

justness

fastidiousness

niceness

particularity

polish

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comity

propriety

tactfulness

sleaziness

slenderness

gauziness

slimness

daintiness

exactness

tact

elegance

tenuousness

thinness

ticklishness

subtle detail

accuracy

word splitting

advisability

cavil

consideration

correctness

detail

elegancy

exquisiteness

fine

flimsiness

meticulousness

minuteness

neatness

powderiness

preciosity

punctilio

punctiliousness

slightness

soundness

Translations

subtilité

ορθότητα

ακρίβεια

Feinheit

hassaslık

incelik

teinte

finura

sutilidad

λεπτότητα

λεπτότης

λεπτολογία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaɪsɪti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nicetee

In summary

From Middle English nicetee, from Old French niceté (“simpleness, foolishness”), from nice (“simple, foolish”); equivalent to nice + -ty.