Definizione monolingua

propriety

propriety (plural proprieties)

1. correctness in behaviour and morals
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 12

     Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.

2. fitness; the quality of being appropriate
   • 1850, Edward Ralph May, ""Speech on African American Suffrage""

     Now, if we may, with propriety, refer to the people one question, why may we not, with equal propriety, refer another?

Definizione dizionario propriety

convenienza

decenza

decoro

Altri significati:

correctness in behaviour and morals

right or wrong

fitness; the quality of being appropriate