nicety
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to dismiss my concerns as an obsession with constitutional niceties that modern conditions have rendered obsolete.
Involving the people’s representatives in the decision is more than a constitutional nicety; it’s a key ingredient of success.
He says it’s time to dispense with cocktail-party niceties about AI.
"You can't play all sides. Enough of the niceties," he added.
From Barron's
In private, foreign officials said, Rodríguez was urbane and attentive, observing the usual diplomatic niceties.
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