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nicety
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of NICETY
1
a single piece of information <knows all the niceties of diplomatic protocol>
Related Words article, item; component, constituent, element, ingredient, member, part; aspect, circumstance, facet, factor; evidence, exhibit; database, information, knowledge
2
something that adds to one's ease of living <a woman too fond of the niceties of urban living to even consider becoming a farmer's wife>
Synonyms accommodation, amenity, convenience, creature comfort, luxury, mod con [chiefly British], nicety
3
the quality or state of being very accurate <there's a nicety of detail in his meticulously painted landscapes>
Synonyms accuracy, accurateness, closeness, delicacy, exactitude, exactness, fineness, nicety, perfection, preciseness, rigor, rigorousness, ultraprecision, veracity
Related Words correctness, fidelity, rightness, strictness, truth; definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, determinacy; nicety, subtlety; care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, persnicketiness
Near Antonyms approximation, roundness; falseness, falsity, incorrectness, wrongness; carelessness, guesswork, looseness; indefiniteness, vagueness
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