correct or appropriate behavior
propriety
How to use propriety in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for propriety.
Editorial note
I am for one ok with propriety software.
Quick take
correct or appropriate behavior
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of propriety gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for propriety.
noun
correct or appropriate behavior
See also: properness, correctitude
Example sentences
I am for one ok with propriety software.
There is no excuse to teach/use/promote any of the propriety software in schools.
They got burned pretty hard when their propriety wireless encryption was hacked back in 2007, and it looks like their bluetooth keyboards are doing everything right.
You now need special tools to get into pretty much any Apple laptop, and they use propriety connectors for everything.
I would love to try setting up a newer pc to run these machines, but there is so much propriety hardware and software in there that I keep putting it off for another day!
It is consequent also to the same condition that there be no propriety, no dominion, no mine and thine distinct, but only that to be every mans that he can get, and for so long as he can keep it.
They wouldn't describe it as I have in plain language but that is basically what goes on albeit with the veneer of propriety provided by campaign fundraising events and congressional horse trading.
"As a life-long open source enthusiast who has been pragmatic around the existence and use of propriety systems"If you're boycotting Apple over this, you're no longer being pragmatic, you're being fanatic.
" This ordinary vision of suburban-American domesticity lingered with Mao: Here, at last, was the setting in which all that implicit knowledge--about social norms and propriety--had been transmitted.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use propriety in a sentence?
I am for one ok with propriety software.
What does propriety mean?
correct or appropriate behavior
What part of speech is propriety?
propriety is commonly used as noun.