Niceties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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