propriety
IPA: prʌprˈaɪʌti
noun
- (obsolete) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
- (obsolete) A characteristic; an attribute.
- (now rare) A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.
- (obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.
- The fact of possessing something; ownership.
- (now rare) Correct language or pronunciation.
- Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.
- (often in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness.
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Examples of "propriety" in Sentences
- He was obsessed with the rules of propriety.
- What's the need and propriety of compromise
- I'm not judging the propriety of the content.
- The propriety of the title is under discussion.
- The propriety of this block is certainly questionable.
- I'm not addressing the propriety of the initial block.
- Now propriety is another matter, a matter of judgment.
- The topic is the propriety of the McDonald's sponsorship.
- Preemptive strikes are not the sole propriety of the military.
- The government is asked to evaluate the propriety of the block.
- What is the proper way to dispute the relevance or propriety of a citation
- His sense of propriety is widely shared: Few gay parties occur in the country during the holy month.
- Blogathon actions are unusual, and the best way to ensure propriety is to do it through their system.
- The passion to know, in the face of censure and propriety, is what advances our understanding of the world.
- Victorian propriety is an important element of the story, the atmosphere to be upended over and over by slapstick action and sudden death.
- It should always have a slight Man Men air about it, and holding itself to outdated standards of propriety is a fine way to accomplish that.
- Its author (possibly Nassau Senior or Southey himself) purports to trace the history of injunctions back to the 18th century, when the Court of Chancery took over issues of literary propriety from the common law courts.
- The Scotsman reports (here) on how a second SNP Minister has been smelt out for having a large shareholding that, to most people with any sense of propriety, is a clear potential conflict of interest with his position as minister.