IMPROPRIETY

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impropriety substantiv

1. nepotrivire.

2. falsitate.

3. încălcarea obiceiurilor / a etichetei / a bunei cuviinţe.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Sir Thomas saw all the impropriety of such a scheme among such a party, and at such a time, as strongly as his son had ever supposed he must; he felt it too much, indeed, for many words; and having shaken hands with Edmund, meant to try to lose the disagreeable impression, and forget how much he had been forgotten himself as soon as he could, after the house had been cleared of every object enforcing the remembrance, and restored to its proper state.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Amazed at the alteration of his manner since they last parted, every sentence that he uttered was increasing her embarrassment; and every idea of the impropriety of her being found there recurring to her mind, the few minutes in which they continued were some of the most uncomfortable in her life.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

She represented to him all the improprieties of Lydia's general behaviour, the little advantage she could derive from the friendship of such a woman as Mrs. Forster, and the probability of her being yet more imprudent with such a companion at Brighton, where the temptations must be greater than at home.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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