English to afrikaans meaning of

propriety

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "toepaslikheid" is die kwaliteit van voldoening aan aanvaarde sosiale of morele standaarde, geskiktheid vir die omstandighede of situasie, of die kwaliteit om behoorlik of geskik te wees. Dit kan ook verwys na die gedrag of optrede wat as toepaslik of sosiaal aanvaarbaar in 'n bepaalde konteks of omgewing beskou word. Daarbenewens kan "behoorlikheid" gebruik word om die toestand van besit of besit van iets, soos 'n eiendom of 'n besitting, te beskryf.

Synonyms

  1. properness
  2. correctitude

Sentence Examples

  1. The carter at once unyoked the oxen and left them to roam at large about the pleasant green spot, the freshness of which seemed to invite, not enchanted people like Don Quixote, but wide-awake, sensible folk like his squire, who begged the curate to allow his master to leave the cage for a little for if they did not let him out, the prison might not be as clean as the propriety of such a gentleman as his master required.
  2. It was short, but expressed good sense, warm attachment, liberality, propriety, even delicacy of feeling.
  3. Tired himself, he dropped into a chair by the fire, any propriety forgotten.
  4. The singular appearance of the cameleopard and the head of a man, has, it seems, given offence to the notions of propriety entertained, in general, by the wild animals domesticated in the city.
  5. All the adventures at the Castle of Miraguarda are excellent and of admirable contrivance, and the language is polished and clear, studying and observing the style befitting the speaker with propriety and judgment.
  6. I am not the one to undermine the propriety of Señor Don Quixote, for it strikes me that among his many virtues the one that is pre-eminent is that of modesty.
  7. I think woodfolk society has affected your sense of propriety more than I expected.
  8. And as a proof of all this, I must tell your highnesses that, coming to El Toboso a short time back, I was altogether unable to discover the palace of Dulcinea and that the next day, though Sancho, my squire, saw her in her own proper shape, which is the fairest in the world, to me she appeared to be a coarse, ill-favoured farm-wench, and by no means a well-spoken one, she who is propriety itself.
  9. This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two, about the propriety of every person minding his own business.
  10. From the moment my father passed away, my mother had a slew of gentleman callers who stayed long past what propriety allowed.
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