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Search phrase: propriety

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
OthelloOth II.iii.170From her propriety. What is the matter, masters?From her propriety. What is the matter, Masters?
Twelfth NightTN V.i.145That makes thee strangle thy propriety.That makes thee strangle thy propriety:

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Glossary

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conveniencefitness, appropriateness, propriety
decentsatisfying propriety, observing conformity
decorumpropriety, seemliness, what is appropriate
dueappropriate ritual, propriety
exactlyexpressly, with great propriety
gracepersonal duty, sense of propriety
modestyfeeling of shame, sense of propriety
modestypropriety, protocol, seemly behaviour
modestychastity, virtue, propriety
precisenessmorality, propriety, rectitude
proprietynatural state, normal condition
proprietyproper character, real identity
unproperlyimproperly, unfittingly, against all propriety

Thesaurus

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proprietyconvenience
proprietydue
proprietydecorum
proprietymodesty
proprietymodesty
proprietypreciseness
propriety, against allunproperly
propriety, satisfyingdecent
propriety, sense ofmodesty
propriety, sense ofgrace
propriety, with greatexactly

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PROPRIETYBASICsee PROPER

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