nicety

(nī'sĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. The quality of showing or requiring careful, precise treatment: the nicety of a diplomatic exchange.
2. Delicacy of character or feeling; fastidiousness; scrupulousness.
3. A fine point, small detail, or subtle distinction: the niceties of etiquette.
4. An elegant or refined feature; an amenity: the niceties of civilized life.

[Middle English nicete, silliness, exactitude, from Old French, silliness, from nice, silly. See nice.]

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is pronounced niy-si-ti, as three syllables. Its primary meaning is 'a subtle distinction or detail' whereas niceness corresponds more generally to the meanings of nice.

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IN BRIEF: A delicate or elegant thing.

He enjoyed the nicety of real English marmalade for breakfast in the morning.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nøjagtighed, ubetydelig forskel, finesse, kompliment

Nederlands (Dutch)
(mv) beleefdheden, detail, aantrekkelijke zijde, finesse, kieskeurigheid, kiesheid

Français (French)
n. - subtilité, raffinement

Deutsch (German)
n. - wählerische Art, peinliche Genauigkeit, Feinheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ευγένεια, λεπτότητα, ακρίβεια, λεπτολογία, μικρολεπτομέρεια

Italiano (Italian)
sottigliezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - exatidão (f), delicadeza (f), sutileza (f), refinamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
мелочь, деталь, тонкость

Español (Spanish)
n. - precisión, delicadeza, exactitud

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - precision, finess

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
美好, 精密, 准确

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 美好, 精密, 準確

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정확, 미묘, 결벽, 맛있는 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 正確さ, 微妙な点, 上品なもの, すてきなもの, 正確

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دقه, اتقان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הבחנה דקה, דיוק, עדינות‬

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