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Definition
socially correct or appropriate behavior
- And despite my show of righteousness, for all my talk of propriety and discretion, I stayed within earshot.Chapter 4 (16% in)
- Such trespass of propriety was beyond me by nature.Chapter 4 (30% in)
There are no more uses of "propriety" in And The Mountains Echoed.
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