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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NICENESS, n.
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?

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage [syn: politeness, niceness] [ant: impoliteness]
2: the quality of nice [ant: nastiness]
3: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" [syn: subtlety, niceness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see nice

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Niceness Nice"ness, n. Quality or state of being nice.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see nice

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Exactness, accuracy, precision, nicety. 2. Scrupulousness, fastidiousness, delicacy, daintiness, squeamishness.