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

There have been niceties and brownnosing, but no sanctions or threats thereof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 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

It’s easy to dismiss my concerns as an obsession with constitutional niceties that modern conditions have rendered obsolete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Bessent’s criticisms of the Fed’s spending on its building renovation and other niceties suggest its budget could shrink, too.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

It was now plain that we would not attempt to use legal niceties to avoid accepting responsibility for actions we had taken with pride and premeditation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela