There was a perilous fire in the golden eyes; but Hamilton had no heed just now for niceties of conduct.
But Delancy had no time to fritter away onniceties of etiquette.
His absorption in other things rendered him somewhat unobservant of certain niceties in expression just now.
Missing the luxuries from his table, he forgot the niceties he had hitherto observed there.
What to us, in the very depths, are all those rules and niceties that happier people observe?
May I say it of myself--for I am not quite used to all the niceties of English--that I am a true lover?
She understood very well the niceties of her own position.
P-K4 As the inhabited regions of Space spread out and became more remote, so the rules and niceties which had guided earlier colonization grew thin and wore away.
So far was the worthy fellow from divining the intimate niceties involved in my giving up a social career for trade.
The nicetiesof the situation were beyond him, dear old sort though he had shown himself to be.
These degraded classes once out of account, however, there is no question that the niceties of personal cleanliness are followed in all ranks with a fine devotion which can be equalled only in the upper class of Europe.
He studies and his soul is engrossed in theniceties of the arts or the subtleties of philosophy.
You may be sure that Lizarann's narrative that followed was full of little niceties of language, as spoken in Tallack Street.
And this lady seems to keep back a suggestion that these nicetiesare beyond her friend's range of French.
Let it be observed, however, that it is not from Corelli, that the niceties and dexterities of bowing, which characterize the modern state of the art, are derived.
No man could have laboured more to make himself master of the niceties of the Gallic idiom, and the right use of its very doubtful subjunctive.
With no advantages of upbringing, he had nevertheless so cultivated the niceties of social usage that his one flaw was a too great perfection.
Where had this mountaineer with the steady eyes and the clean-cut jaw learned the niceties of military etiquette?
Might it not come as an offence, as a scandal even, to those unacquainted with the niceties of Catholic dogma?
No one was better capable of appreciating and indicating with fine touches, delicacy and niceties of taste and feeling in others.
Her assertion, that the nicetiesof emotion are sufficient to found a good play upon, no one now will dream of disputing.
This is better than to wait till after their hunger is satisfied by food, when they will eat the niceties merely to gratify the palate, and thus overload the stomach and interrupt digestion.
In the summer of 1145 he was at Mantua, and here he composed a new grammatical work upon the niceties of the Hebrew style (Zachot).
If an ambassador at these courts wanted to accomplish anything, he was obliged, not only to be acquainted with all the niceties of the Arabic language, but also to be familiar with its literature and the manners of the court.
None before him, and but few since his time, have entered into all the niceties of the holy language with so much discrimination as Ibn-Janach.
This would be good advice to give to passengers, when they speak of the little niceties which they have laid in, in case of sea-sickness.
She had seen nothing of the woodmen, though she had heard they had been to Seth and thought, from some niceties of geographical calculation which I could not follow, they would have crossed to the north, as just stated, of her island.
Until the close of his life he had a keen eye for a truly black ink and superfine printing paper and all the other niceties of his former calling.
Franklin's scruples about niceties of authorship and printing, 435.
But certain other acts of my life, which were merely opposed to those subtle and lofty niceties that we call the conventions, have often filled me with sharp regret and even with a kind of remorse.
It also brought into power those who were less likely to be satisfied with political addresses and constitutional niceties should parliament pass into law the powers it claimed in the Declaratory Act.
Whatever the reason, Henry and his associates were ready to abandon the niceties of formal address and constitutional subtleties and to give "offense", especially in view of parliament's refusal to hear the remonstrance.
Why, this, said she, is a sad letter indeed: I am sorry for it: But I feared you would carry your niceties too far!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "niceties" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: ceremony; detail; manner
