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Meanings of nicety in English

Portuguese
matiz
Catalan
matís
Spanish
matiz

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.

        matiz
        Catalan
        bellesa
        Spanish
        corrección

        Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety.

              bellesa
              Usage of nicety in English
              1
              The nicety of his own handicraft was the cause of the disaster.
              Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers
              2
              This is a question that admits of the utmost nicety of discussion.
              The Haunted Bookshop
              3
              Mrs. Robarts knew to a nicety the exact meaning of this threat.
              Framley Parsonage
              4
              No one has discriminated between the shades of character with such nicety.
              The Women of the French Salons
              5
              The pins are made of cold-rolled shafting, and fit to a nicety.
              Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
              6
              This is a nicety which makes not the heart sore at Paris.
              A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
              7
              Using electricity, we can regulate with exquisite nicety the degree of stimulation.
              An Ethical Problem / Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentat...
              8
              Everything was planned to a nicety before he attempted to execute it.
              Pushing to the Front
              9
              The people here are very respectful, notwithstanding my nicety about Miss Partington.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
              10
              They formed their line with nicety and waited our attack with composure.
              The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1
              11
              I wondered if there was some legal nicety separating those two propositions.
              The Sense of an Ending
              12
              For to exaggerate with judgment one must begin by measuring with nicety.
              The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
              13
              Here is almost every fault which Dryden's later nicety would have condemned.
              Among My Books. First Series
              14
              High heads, ribbons, gloves, fans, and lace he understood to a nicety.
              The History of John Bull
              15
              But do you not think your nicety is a little over- scrupulous?
              Amelia — Volume 3
              16
              Madness was a fixed point; and the inquiries into it had no nicety.
              Lady Byron Vindicated / A history of the Byron controversy from ...
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              Portuguese
              matiz
              Nicety through the time
              Nicety across language varieties
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