nicety

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The barometer indicates the Weight of the Air, and the rising and falling of the Quicksilver expresses the Alterations in its Weight with wonderful Nicety, but then those Alterations are the Cause of this.

From The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience by Claridge, John

But now we come to the great Nicety of all; that is to say, the Conscience of making a Conscience of using any Conscience at all: There's a Riddle for ye, Bumpkin.

From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger

No, scorn me, and despise me then, as lost to all the Glories of my Sex, and all that Nicety I’ve hitherto preserv’d.’

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague

When the Birth approaches, with how much Nicety and Attention does she help the Chick to break its Prison?

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Nicety and accuracy are what is needed in all scientific work; startling effects by large telescopes and high powers are too suggestive of sensational advertisement.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria