nicety
nahy si tee
- n conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
- n a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- The thumb talks too, but generally in happier tones, with an upward point indicating approval, good news or some other nicety.
- Or is presumption of innocence another little nicety of our legal system that no longer applies because we're at war? JOHN SHERMAN Glendale, Calif.
- In countries less practical than Holland it is common for people suffering in their last stages to be quietly overdosed with painkillers, the act camouflaged by the nicety that .