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Synonyms for propriety
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pruh-prahy-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : prəˈpraɪ ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for propriety
- accepted conduct
- accordance
- advisability
- agreeableness
- amenities
- appositeness
- aptness
- becomingness
- breeding
- civilities
- compatibility
- concord
- congruity
- consonance
- convenience
- correspondence
- courtesy
- delicacy
- ethicality
- etiquette
- expedience
- fitness
- good behavior
- good form
- harmony
- justice
- meetness
- mores
- niceties
- order
- pleasantness
- politeness
- politesse
- properness
- protocol
- punctilio
- recommendability
- refinement
- rightness
- rules of conduct
- seemliness
- social conventions
- social grace
- the done thing
Définition of propriety
Origin :- mid-15c., "proper character, disposition," from Old French proprieté "individuality, peculiarity; property" (12c.), from Latin proprietatem (nominative proprietas) "appropriateness," also "ownership" (see property). Meaning "fitness, appropriateness" is attested from 1610s; sense of "conformity to good manners" is from 1782.
- noun suitableness, appropriateness
- noun good manners
- But we are disposed to vindicate the propriety of the step he took.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The face of the country cannot with propriety be called hilly.
- Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
- But the reception they got departed from tradition and propriety.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Only this very morning I read her a sermon upon 'Propriety, and the fitness of things.'
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- This was dropped with propriety in conversation with Mr. Montenero.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But if hostilities are happily averted, with what propriety can it be said that Nihil fit?
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
- As there can be no hope of reaching the boats, it is vain to discuss the propriety of the step.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Mr. Beckendorff is the best judge, sir, of the propriety of his own regulations.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Is there anything that, with propriety, can be called caloric?
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- Then she enlarged with a flood of words on the propriety and advantages of such an union.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for propriety
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