Both Uses of
impropriety
in
Northanger Abbey
- …to her friend, meanwhile, was entirely thrown away, for Mrs. Allen, not being at all in the habit of conveying any expression herself by a look, was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine, whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive, and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. Thorpe, as Isabella was going at the same time with James, was therefore obliged to speak plainer.†
Chpt 9
- Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(impropriety) behavior thought not to be proper -- such as immoral or rude behavior