NICETY in a Sentence
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16 example sentences for NICETY, such as:
1. You mince matters to an uncommon nicety.
2. I cannot see any nicety in their reasoning.
3. There was no time to wait for any nicety of service.
4. They spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.
5. Happily, d'Artagnan was not yet acquainted with such niceties.
2. I cannot see any nicety in their reasoning.
3. There was no time to wait for any nicety of service.
4. They spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.
5. Happily, d'Artagnan was not yet acquainted with such niceties.
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Meanings and Examples of NICETY
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nicety
n. precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude
Classic Sentence:
1 But unfortunately my own nicety, and the nicety of my friends, have made me what I am, an idle, helpless being.
2 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.
3 Sergey Ivanovitch had calculated to a nicety the time necessary for writing a review, but a month passed, and a second, and still there was silence.
4 It requires great powers, great nicety, to give her playfulness and simplicity without extravagance.
5 Oliver murmured his comprehension of the different bodies referred to; and Mr. Sikes proceeded to load the pistol, with great nicety and deliberation.
6 You mince matters to an uncommon nicety.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
7 There was no time to wait for any nicety of service.
8 The folds of the drapery, the fall of the curtains, had been arranged and rearranged, by Adolph and Rosa, with that nicety of eye which characterizes their race.
9 These gentlemen, after they had a while examined my shape with much nicety, were of different opinions concerning me.
10 Well, of course I don't understand such niceties," said Sam, withdrawing from a possibly unpleasant argument; "and what she is we must wait for time to tell us.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
11 Evidently he was one of those who care little for the niceties of dress.
12 Happily, d'Artagnan was not yet acquainted with such niceties.
Example Sentence:
1 I cannot see any nicety in their reasoning.
2 Story eventually, i can only one man looked at the memory of the nicety lost.
3 By the end of term, girls will have learnt the niceties of dinner party conversation.
4 They spent a lot of time arguing about legal niceties.