All 3 Uses of
propriety
in
Oliver Twist
- And all the infant paupers might have chorussed the rejoinder with great propriety, if they had heard it.†
Chpt 17 *
- Mrs. Corney, with great propriety, turned her head away, and released her hand to get at her pocket-handkerchief; but insensibly replaced it in that of Mr. Bumble.†
Chpt 27
- Mr. Giles was apparently considering the propriety of indulging in a respectful smile himself, when a gig drove up to the garden-gate: out of which there jumped a fat gentleman, who ran straight up to the door: and who, getting quickly into the house by some mysterious process, burst into the room, and nearly overturned Mr. Giles and the breakfast-table together.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
socially correct or appropriate behavior