Propriety Definition

prə-prīĭ-tē
proprieties
noun
proprieties
Conformity with what is proper or fitting.
Webster's New World
Socially correct usages or behaviors.
American Heritage
The quality of being proper, fitting, or suitable; fitness.
Webster's New World
Conformity with accepted standards of proper manners or behavior.
Webster's New World
Peculiar or proper nature or state.
Webster's New World
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idiom
the proprieties
  • accepted standards of behavior in polite society
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Propriety

Noun

Singular:
propriety
Plural:
proprieties

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Propriety

  • the proprieties

Origin of Propriety

  • Late Middle English propriete (“ownership"), from Anglo-Norman proprietie, Middle French proprieté, from Latin proprietās. Compare property.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English propriete particular character, ownership from Old French property

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Propriety Sentence Examples

  • The propriety of this extended use is open to question and is denied by some logicians.

  • They broke the chain of authority, without, however, recognizing the propriety of toleration.

  • He usually dressed in black, with unobtrusive propriety.

  • The Local Government Board must make inquiry into the propriety of allowing the lands to be taken, and the power to acquire the lands compulsorily can only be conferred by means of a provisional order confirmed by parliament.

  • They refuted him easily on many specific points, but carefully abstained from discussing the real question, at issue, namely the propriety of free inquiry.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

YTYETY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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