nicety
pronunciation
How to pronounce nicety in British English:
UK [ˈnaɪsəti]
How to pronounce nicety in American English:
US [ˈnaɪsɪti]
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- Noun:
- conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
Word Origin
- nicety (n.)
- mid-14c., "folly, stupidity," from Old French niceté "foolishness, childishness, simplicity," from nice "silly" (see nice). Underwent sense evolution parallel to nice, arriving at "minute, subtle point" 1580s and "exactitude" in 1650s. Phrase to a nicety "exactly" is attested from 1795.
Example
- 1. The signify have never make a nicety statistic .
- 2. The result indicate the flood control is successful and the flood doesn 't cause large-scale flood waterlog disaster . Many times and series dynamic flood monitor can nicety , in timely , roudly reflect the change process of flood development .
- 3. You judged the distance to a nicety .
- 4. He judged the distance to the nicety .
- 5. He judged the weight to a nicety .