nicety

Involving the people’s representatives in the decision is more than a constitutional nicety; it’s a key ingredient of success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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

“Well, I had my doubts. But you clean up nicety, Percy. I'll remember that.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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

He says it’s time to dispense with cocktail-party niceties about AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

"You can't play all sides. Enough of the niceties," he added.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

They were not going to observe what they considered the legal niceties that protected terrorists or permitted convicted prisoners certain rights in jail.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela