NICENESS, noun 1. Delicacy of perception; the quality of perceiving small differences; as niceness of taste. 2. Extreme delicacy; excess of scrupulousness or exactness. Unlike the niceness of our modern dames. 3. Accuracy; minute exactness; as niceness of work; niceness of texture or proportion. Wheres now the labored niceness in thy dress?
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI