absoluteness, circumstantiality, daintiness, elegance, fine palate, gracefulness, meticulousness, point of difference, rightness, shade of difference
Definitionn. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
Last update: September 9, 2015
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A strength such that there is a delay of 4 or 5 minutes before any effect is apparent will be found suitable, but no great nicety of adjustment is necessary. [noun]
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It may be that he has to draw a shot with the utmost nicety to save the end, or even the match, or to lay a cunningly contrived block, or to "fire" - that is, to deliver his bowl almost dead straight at the object, with enough force to kill the bias for the moment. [noun]
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Sikes proceeded to load the pistol, with great nicety and deliberation. [noun]
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The stern swung sharply off, her sea-way gauged to a nicety. [noun]
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All will be arranged to a nicety, and a happy result is certain. [noun]
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There was no time to wait for any nicety of service. [noun]
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My heart failed me when I saw him squaring at me with every demonstration of mechanical nicety, and eyeing my anatomy as if he were minutely choosing his bone. [noun]
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