1[countableC usually plural]DETAIL a small detail or point of difference, especially one that is usually considered to be part of the correct way of doing something 细微区别;细微之处;细节
social niceties
社交上的细节
legal niceties
法律细节
nicety of
the niceties of political diplomacy
政治外交方面的细微之处
2.to a nicetyformalEXACT exactly 精确地,精细入微地
Examples from the Corpus
to a nicety• It was as if he were timing something, judgingto a nicety some effect he wished to produce.