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propriety    音标拼音: [prəpr'ɑɪəti]
n. 礼貌,规矩,适当

礼貌,规矩,适当

propriety
n 1: correct or appropriate behavior [synonym: {propriety},
{properness}, {correctitude}] [ant: {improperness},
{impropriety}]

Propriety \Pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Proprieties}. [F.
propri['e]t['e], L. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own,
proper. See {Property}, {Proper}.]
1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal
title; property. [Obs.] "Onles this propriety be exiled."
--Robynson (More's Utopia).
[1913 Webster]

So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of
by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it
being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or
quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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We find no mention hereof in ancient zoographers, .
. . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an
acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with
established principles, rules, or customs; fitness;
appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language,
manners, etc. "The rule of propriety," --Locke.
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179 Moby Thesaurus words for "propriety":
Atticism, admissibility, advantage, advantageousness, advisability,
amenities, applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, aptitude,
aptness, auspiciousness, becomingness, beneficialness, bienseance,
breeding, ceremony, chargedness, chasteness, chastity, civilities,
civility, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clearness, comeliness,
conformity, convenance, convenience, convention,
conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, correctitude,
correctness, courtesy, criticality, crucialness, custom, decencies,
decency, decorousness, decorum, defensibility, delicacy,
desirability, dignity, directness, discrimination, distinction,
drumhead justice, dueness, ease, elegance, elegancy, equitableness,
equity, etiquette, evenhandedness, expedience, expediency,
favorableness, feasibility, felicitousness, felicity, finish,
fitness, fittedness, fittingness, flow, flowing periods, fluency,
form, formality, fruitfulness, genteelness, gentility,
give-and-take, good form, good taste, goodness, grace,
gracefulness, gracility, happiness, health, justice,
justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness,
lawfulness, legality, limpidity, loadedness, lucidity,
mannerliness, measure for measure, meetness, modesty, mores,
naturalism, naturalness, naturism, neatness, nemesis, niceness,
normalcy, normality, normalness, normativeness, opportuneness,
order, orderliness, pellucidity, percentage, perspicuity,
plainness, poetic justice, polish, politeness, politesse,
politicness, pregnancy, profit, profitability, properness,
propitiousness, proprieties, protocol, prudence, pudency, pudicity,
punctilio, purity, qualification, realism, refinement, regularity,
relevance, respectability, restraint, retributive justice, right,
righteousness, rightfulness, rightness, ripeness, ritual,
rude justice, scales of justice, seasonableness, sedateness,
seemliness, shame, simplicity, smoothness, social convention,
social usage, straightforwardness, suitability, suitableness,
summary justice, taste, tastefulness, terseness, the proprieties,
timeliness, tradition, unaffectedness, urbanity, usefulness,
warrantability, warrantedness, what is right, wholesomeness,
wisdom, worthwhileness


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  • PROPRIETY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PROPRIETY is the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness How to use propriety in a sentence Did you know?
  • PROPRIETY Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
    Propriety definition: conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners See examples of PROPRIETY used in a sentence
  • PROPRIETY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    PROPRIETY definition: 1 correct moral behaviour or actions: 2 the rules of polite social behaviour: 3 correct moral… Learn more
  • PROPRIETY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    SYNONYMS 1 decency, modesty See etiquette 2 aptness, fitness, seemliness 3 correctness Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • propriety noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    [uncountable] moral and social behaviour that is considered to be correct and acceptable They questioned the propriety of his conduct They were careful to observe the proprieties The company had acted in accordance with all legal proprieties
  • propriety, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
    There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun propriety, six of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence How common is the noun propriety? How is the noun propriety pronounced? Where does the noun propriety come from?
  • Propriety - definition of propriety by The Free Dictionary
    1 conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners 2 appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability 3 rightness or justness 4 the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners 5 Obs a property 6 Obs a peculiarity or characteristic of something
  • What does propriety mean? - Definitions. net
    Propriety refers to the conformity to established standards of behavior or manners, correctness, or the state of being appropriate or suitable It often corresponds to societal norms of respectability, morality, or decency
  • Propriety - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    Propriety is following what is socially acceptable in speech and behavior Your little brother might offend your sense of propriety by burping loudly at the dinner table Propriety is like the noun form of "proper" and "appropriate "
  • propriety - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    propriety (countable and uncountable, plural proprieties) This ſweet word, I will be your God, implies, 1 Propriety, that all that is in God ſhall be ours; his love ours, his Spirit ours, his mercy ours I find such a pleasure, sir, in obeying your commands, that I take care to observe them without ever debating their propriety





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