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to a nicety

to a nicety prepositional phrase: to a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) To a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy.
    • "Yes, sure's Gord made liddle apples, 'er'll crack up, an' seems ter me thet would soot some people to a nicety."1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 197
    • She gulped like a bulldog trying to swallow a sirloin steak many sizes too large for its thoracic cavity. “You mean there are two of them?” “Exactly.” “And Wilbert isn't the one I thought he was?” “You have grasped the position of affairs to a nicety.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    to a hair

to a nicety meaning in Bengali

to a nicety in Bengali

খুবই সুক্ষ্মভাবে, অত্যন্ত নির্ভুলতার সাথে

Synonyms of to a nicety

Questions about to a nicety

What does to a nicety mean?
To a nicety means to a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy.
What is to a nicety in Bengali?
To a nicety in Bengali is খুবই সুক্ষ্মভাবে, অত্যন্ত নির্ভুলতার সাথে. See To a nicety meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is to a nicety?
To a nicety is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to a nicety in the dictionary

  1. to a hair
  2. to a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  3. to a large extent
  4. to a lesser extent
  5. to a man
  6. to a nicety
  7. to a T
  8. to a tee
  9. to a tick
  10. to a tittle
  11. to a turn

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