Proprieties Synonyms and Antonyms

Good manners
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. behaviors
  2. courtesies
  3. urbanities
  4. pleasantries
  5. rules
  6. relevancies
  7. graces
  8. decencies
  9. conventionalities
  10. conducts
  11. codes
  12. attributes
  13. amenities
  14. civilities
Antonyms:
  1. misconducts
  2. improprieties
Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. respectabilities
  2. decencies
Correct or appropriate behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. manners
Antonyms:
  1. improprieties

Proprieties Sentence Examples

  • This honour his official position compelled him, of course, to decline; for he sedulously observed official proprieties, and in no way gave offence to the government to which he was accredited.

  • What did a country hick know about proprieties anyway?

  • Johnson has frequently blamed Shakespeare for neglecting the proprieties of time and place, and for ascribing to one age or nation the manners and opinions of another.

  • In her view the aim of every religion was merely to preserve certain proprieties while affording satisfaction to human desires.

  • But in reality the question raised by Nestorius was not one as to the communicatio idiomatum, but simply as to the proprieties of language.

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