Richard is a patronizing narcissist who values propriety and decorum over heartfelt emotion.
It was a tell-all in an age that valued propriety and decorum.
Sherman speculates that it was because Lewis was 15 years younger, a difference that would matter very much to a "lady" who valued the propriety of her times.
China, of course, does not possess the automatic right to lead the cause, its leadership must fully embrace the Confucian values, through propriety, righteousness and humaneness to build knowledge, integrity, and ultimately, achieving harmony.
Yes, one can go back to Scott's historical novels -- the most widely-read fictions of the 19th century -- in order to see how books like Ivanhoe and Rob Roy portray "old-fashioned" values like propriety and chivalry in ways distinctly similar to Austen's more enduringly popular novels.
Permanent secretaries have a duty to ensure spending decisions in their departments meet the tests of propriety, value for money and feasibility.
If a permanent secretary believes a spending decision breaches any of the Treasury criteria of regularity, propriety, value for money, and feasibility, as Accounting Officer they must ask for a written direction to continue from the Secretary of State.
It doesn't take much to see the logic behind that campaign – fundamentalist religion places high value on sexual propriety so it is an easy score to portray or smear one's enemies as hypocrites or perverts.
Like so many small counties, Delaware places a certain value on respect and propriety, and some of the old-timers find the Bush team a shade presumptuous.
In this case (line 28 in Algorithm 5), the function should return the level value incremented by one (Propriety 3.2).
