nicety

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

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

The current version has clearly decided that’s a nicety he can no longer afford.

Said by anyone else, this nicety is unremarkable.

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.