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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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