Both Uses of
propriety
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- I give the word decent an extra push, hoping to appeal to some maternal sense of shame and propriety.†
Chpt 1 *
- Miss Moore pulls a dazzling blue sapphire from the basket, sad disappointment registering quickly in her eyes before she remembers herself and makes her face a mask of restraint and propriety.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
socially correct or appropriate behavior