propriety

propriety englannista suomeksi

1. sopivaisuus

0. Substantiivi

propriety englanniksi

1. The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality. (defdate)

2. A characteristic; an attribute. (defdate)

3. A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property. (defdate)

4. More generally, something owned by someone; a possession. (defdate)

5. {{quote-text|en|year=1723|author=Charles Walker|title=Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury

6. The fact of possessing something; ownership. (defdate)

7. {{quote-text|en|year=1671|author=Watson (Puritan)|Thomas Watson|title=The Beatitudes|page=49

8. Correct language or pronunciation. (defdate)

9. (RQ:Critical Pronouncing Dictionary)

10. Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate. (defdate)

11. {{quote-text|en|year=1773|author=Oliver Goldsmith|title=s:She Stoops to Conquer

12. {{quote-text|en|year=1850|author=Edward Ralph May|title=Speech on African American Suffrage

13. Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. (defdate)

14. (quote-book)|tlr=(w)|title=Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi|volume=I|publisher=P. and W. Wilson et al.|location=Dublin|page=11|text=“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”

15. (RQ:Austen Sense and Sensibility)

16. (RQ:Dickens Haunted House)

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