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Indelicacy

noun
(pl. indelicacies)
1.
The trait of being indelicate and offensive.
2.
An impolite act or expression.





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"Indelicacy" Quotes from Famous Books



... marry him?" he asked. The sincerity of him was excuse enough for the seeming indelicacy of the question. Besides, he felt himself somehow responsible. He had given back to her the gift of life, which she had rejected. Surely, he had the right to ...
— Within the Law - From the Play of Bayard Veiller • Marvin Dana
... judge accurately of the feelings of others. Mr Harding, as he came to close the letter, in his heart condemned his daughter for indelicacy, and it made him miserable to do so. She was not responsible for what Mr Slope might write. True. But then she expressed no disgust at it. She had rather expressed approval of the letter as a whole. She had given it to him to ...
— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope


Words linked to "Indelicacy" :   ribaldry, discourtesy, offence, offensive activity, improperness, spiciness, offense, gaminess, impropriety, raciness


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