Noun: nicety nI-si-tee
- Conformity with some aesthetic standard of correctness or propriety
"it was performed with nicety and beauty";
- justness, rightness
- A subtle difference in meaning, opinion or attitude
"The debate focused on the niceties of constitutional law";
- nuance, shade, subtlety, refinement
Derived forms: niceties
Type of: conformance, conformity, import, meaning, significance, signification
Encyclopedia: Nicety