Both Uses of
propriety
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The propriety of my leaving it.†
Chpt 11 *
- Your duty would be, as I am sure your good sense would suggest, to obey any little commands my wife might give, provided always that they were such commands as a lady might with propriety obey.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(propriety) socially correct or appropriate behavior