niceties

Perhaps that is merely a more blunt-speaking approach from a new US administration determined to do away with niceties.

But Jones and Redgrave have such a consistency in how they play these skittish lovers that it drives home the point that their cruel, untamed condition doesn’t adhere to the niceties of narrative convention.

Meanwhile, Morgan became a reliable scene stealer in acerbic British comedies, often playing bluntly profane characters with little regard for social niceties.

But niceties such as existing law and precedent may not always stand in the way.

A vegan who smokes medicinal herbs and has no time for Midwestern niceties, Robyn has had many lives.