All 5 Uses of
propriety
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Under any other circumstances, Franz would have found it impossible to resist his extreme curiosity to know more of so singular a personage, and with that intent have sought to renew their short acquaintance; but in the present instance, the confidential nature of the conversation he had overheard made him, with propriety, judge that his appearance at such a time would be anything but agreeable.†
Chpt 33-34
- True, the planks were not so closely adjusted but that a hasty peep might be obtained through their interstices; but the strict decorum and rigid propriety of the inhabitants of the house left no grounds for apprehending that advantage would be taken of that circumstance.†
Chpt 51-52 *
- He therefore allowed Valentine to go into the garden, sent away Barrois, and after having seated himself at his father's right hand, while Madame de Villefort placed herself on the left, he addressed him thus:— "I trust you will not be displeased, sir, that Valentine has not come with us, or that I dismissed Barrois, for our conference will be one which could not with propriety be carried on in the presence of either.†
Chpt 57-58
- "But," said Villefort, who was the first to break the silence, "I consider that I am the best judge of the propriety of the marriage in question.†
Chpt 59-60
- These words were followed by a general murmur, and it was evident that several of the members were discussing the propriety of making the general repent of his rashness.†
Chpt 75-76
Definition:
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(propriety) socially correct or appropriate behavior