Definitions
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- noun an improper demeanor
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Examples
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And so did change from her intent; yet with no improperness of modesty; but only with a niceness of Sense, which she did make no talk of; but yet did have.
The Night Land 2007
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Christian religion, from whence the Scriptures derive their authority; which question is also propounded sometimes in other terms, as, how we know them to be the word of God, or, why we believe them to be so; and the difficulty of resolving it ariseth chiefly from the improperness of the words wherein the question itself is couched.
Leviathan 2007
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And so did change from her intent; yet with no improperness of modesty; but only with a niceness of Sense, which she did make no talk of; but yet did have.
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It is a question much disputed between the diverse sects of Christian religion, from whence the Scriptures derive their authority; which question is also propounded sometimes in other terms, as, how we know them to be the word of God, or, why we believe them to be so; and the difficulty of resolving it ariseth chiefly from the improperness of the words wherein the question itself is couched.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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"If I intelligent enough choose for myself, then where be improperness?
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I don’t see the connection between yearly variations, heavy-tailed distributions, and improperness of median adjustment.
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