Yet social niceties between owners themselves can prove just as crucial.

Do I need to explain how sensitive to social niceties your position here is?

Business was to be conducted only after the social niceties were observed.

The last thing you feel like doing is wasting time with social niceties.

At least that little social nicety was out of the way.

I don't want to spend a lot of time on social niceties.

Each time the twins had followed social niceties, sat with their father for a brief dinner, but didn't seem to know what to talk about.

He rose to leave, but remembered there were further social niceties to consider.

Had I missed some social nicety that she could now rub in?

The women, who had not met before, quickly dispensed with the social niceties.