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1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 8 Some haply might here recommend to us a more accurate Microscopical examen, to interpret their most secret Schematismes, which were an over nicety for these great Plantations.

1700 C. Gildon Meas. for Meas. iii. i. 23 Isa.: How can I think thou art Innocent? Clau.: Your over-nicety of Honour feeds Your fancy with strange ugly forms, That have no real Existence.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 165 A little over-nicety at setting out, will carry them into a road they never intended to amble in.

1849 E. A. Poe in Flag of Our Union 17 Mar. 2/1 He had an especial admiration for breadth in a jest... Over-niceties wearied him.

1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xxv. 258 It was no time for over-nicety in regard to the fifth commandment.

1947 R. Winston & C. Winston tr. H. B. Gisevius To Bitter End ii. i. 287 This may sound a little like the overniceties of diplomatic protocol, but after all we had been through we felt that it was absolutely necessary.

2000 America (Nexis) 11 Nov. 22 The style is exuberant and chatty, like that of an eager storyteller loath to bog down in over-niceties.