Term Gallery logo

Meanings of equal propriety in English

We have no meanings for "equal propriety" in our records yet.
Usage of equal propriety in English
1
The hostess may see them or ask to be excused with equal propriety.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
2
Military dramas might, as a rule, be called with equal propriety millinery dramas.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870
3
He might, with equal propriety, have said ten Macartneys, or a hundred Macartneys.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
4
Why not, with equal propriety, if slavery be, necessarily, as our brother describes it?
The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
5
One of them was Personal, or, as it is called with equal propriety, Proportional Representation.
Autobiography
6
The manners of other nations in general, the Ægyptians, Venetians, French, &c. are drawn with equal propriety.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
7
The lesson conveyed by these words may with equal propriety be applied to the field of music.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
8
They might with equal propriety be shouting for a fish to swim without providing him with water.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
9
But with equal propriety might you say, that the gaming-house or the brothel would work well in such hands.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
10
Mr. Macfarlane, said he, may with equal propriety be said to many; but I, and I only, am Macfarlane.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
11
The expression "rare," as given to Ben Jonson, might with equal propriety be applied to Senator Vance.
Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
12
We may use it indeed with equal propriety to express non-existence, as when we say 'An idol is nothing.'
Deductive Logic
13
With an exception in the last line, they might be sung with equal propriety by both English and American man-of-war's-men.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
14
If he had spent the rest of his money with equal propriety, he would nave been thought prudent and munificent.
Dio's Rome, Volume 4 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
15
Therefore the attack was properly directed here, and here with equal propriety the first forcible resistance was made to British aggression.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
16
But he might with equal propriety have tied his son's hands behind him and then diverted himself by punching his head.
Clayhanger
This collocation consists of:
Equal propriety across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common