different between exactness vs propriety
exactness
English
Etymology
From exact +? -ness
Noun
exactness (usually uncountable, plural exactnesses)
- The state of being exact.
Synonyms
- exactitude
Antonyms
- inexactness
Translations
See also
- accuracy
- precision
Anagrams
- exsecants
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propriety
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English propriete (“ownership”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman propreté, Middle French proprieté, from Latin propriet?s. Doublet of property.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???p?a??ti/
- Rhymes: -a??ti
Noun
propriety (countable and uncountable, plural proprieties)
- (obsolete) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality. [15th-20th c.]
- (obsolete) A characteristic; an attribute. [15th-20th c.]
- (now rare) A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession. [16th-19th c.]
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
- I was fearful of giving You a very sensible Disgust, in making You seem the Propriety of one Man, when You know Yourself ordained for the Comfort and Refreshment of Multitudes.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
- The fact of possessing something; ownership. [from 16th c.]
- (now rare) Correct language or pronunciation. [from 17th c.]
- Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate. [from 18th c.]
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- I find such a pleasure, sir, in obeying your commands, that I take care to observe them without ever debating their propriety.
- 1850, Edward Ralph May, "Speech on African American Suffrage"
- Now, if we may, with propriety, refer to the people one question, why may we not, with equal propriety, refer another?
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- (often in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. [from 19th c.]
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 12:
- Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 12:
Related terms
- proper
Translations
References
- "Propriety" at Dictionary.com
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