Definition of "niceties" []

• Plural form of nicety. (noun)

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• "Ten years down here, and one gets worn out, the lack of certain niceties: NPR, libraries, bookstores, well paved roads."
• "Cabin niceties now include heated seats, automatic temperature control, steering-wheel controls, and an 115-volt outlet."
• "The diplomatic niceties from a career bureaucrat betray a serious underlying tension that is getting difficult to conceal, more so as yesterday Kurt Beck, leader of the Social Democrats, called for a European army with a single command, the first time a German political party has proposed such a structure."