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Meanings of false delicacy in English

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Usage of false delicacy in English
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So much so, that their boasted sensibility is often stifled by false delicacy.
Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman
2
Delicacy- asad ,sadfalse delicacy-robsliterature of the best two things among its belongings.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885)
3
He is refined without false delicacy, and correct without insipidity.
The Illustrated London Reading Book
4
I thought he was so entirely above false delicacy.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
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There was no false delicacy about the baggage man.
In the Midst of Alarms
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This young newspaper-man was not troubled with false delicacy.
The Days Before Yesterday
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You can ask him, without any false delicacy, to do so because it is his business.
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914
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Harwell," I reiterated, "this is no time for false delicacy.
The Leavenworth Case
9
This comes of false delicacy, my stumbling-block perpetually!
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
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If he doesn't, I shall still allow no false delicacy to stand between me and my duty.
Major Vigoureux
11
A still selecter circle denounced the chains that shackled the tongue and the false delicacy that clothed the body.
Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm...
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Her works are neither marred by the coarseness of the past, nor by the false delicacy of the present.
A History of English Prose Fiction
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Torpenhow refuses from false delicacy.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
14
She consulted Susie Boyd, whose common sense prevented her from paying much heed to romantic notions of false delicacy.
The Magician
15
No ceremony, no false delicacy.
Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 01
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No super-refinement, no false delicacy.
The Young Duke
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