nicety

No amount of nicety can get those things back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“I’ll be home within the hour,” I told my husband, determined to keep the meeting quick and cordial, a professional nicety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024

Many of those places, however, cost money to access — whether it’s a gym membership or the social nicety to buy a latte at a coffee shop.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023

Accompanying foreign leaders on trips within China is a diplomatic nicety Xi deploys only occasionally, such as when he met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Xi’an in 2015.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023

I showed her to a nicety where I had seen her walking on the casks, that first old day, and she said, with a cold and careless look in that direction, “Did I?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The public remarks from the two leaders have teemed with warm words and diplomatic niceties.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The buildup to that bout of diplomacy stands in contrast to the niceties shared between the two leaders now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

In Hunter’s play, Metcalf plays a character who has no time for sentimental niceties.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Weeks before, his predecessor, Sir Philip Barton, had worked through the formal niceties of confirming Lord Mandelson's appointment to Washington, such as writing to the King about it on the 18th of December.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

She wasn’t concerned with niceties, only the mission.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti