conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
<noun.attribute> it was performed with justness and beauty
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
<noun.communication> without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor don't argue about shades of meaning
Nicety \Ni"ce*ty\, n.; pl. {Niceties}. [OE. nicet['e] foolishness.] 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.
But a BAC as low as 30 mg per millilitre can impair driving skills, and within the Road Traffic Act there is a legal nicety worth knowing about.
However, Wigglesworth judged its sober tempo to a nicety - a sense of timeless processional gravity maintained at a decent clip, a strong profile fixed for the long series of disconsolate climaxes.