| 单词 | properness |
| 释义 | properness (once / 622069 pages) n WORD FAMILY proper: improper, properer, properest, properly, properness+/improper: improperly, improperness USAGE EXAMPLESBusiness editor Robert Peston reports on "embarrassing" questions about the "fitness and properness" of the deal. BBC(Jul 11, 2011) It's a highly unusual move for the paper, one of the last bastions of editorial properness in an increasingly familiar world. Salon(May 02, 2011) And it must be that you do all see with me in this matter, and commend me that I thought with properness. Hodgson, William Hope, The Night Land(2010) n correct or appropriate behavior Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper correctitude, propriety improperness, impropriety an improper demeanor decorousness, decorum propriety in manners and conduct appropriateness, rightnessappropriate conduct; doing the right thing correctnessthe quality of conformity to social expectations good formbehavior that conforms to social conventions of the time priggishness, primnessexaggerated and arrogant properness modesty, reserveformality and propriety of manner grace, seemlinessa sense of propriety and consideration for others decencythe quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality faultlessness, impeccabilitythe quality of being without an error or fault political correctitude, political correctnessavoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against demurenessthe trait of behaving with reserve and decorum becomingnessthe quality of being becoming modestness, modestyfreedom from vanity or conceit behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
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