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A prurient layman's naughty but a minister shouldn't be
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unparliamentary
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Word definitions for unparliamentary in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. so rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for Parliament
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unparliamentary \Un*par`lia*men"ta*ry\, a. Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies. -- Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness , n.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 unsuitable to be used in parliament 2 contrary to the rules of parliament
Usage examples of unparliamentary.
If it is not unparliamentary to suggest it, I will remark that both are equal to it.
The Member resented this unparliamentary treatment by jumping up from his chair and giving the small aggressor a good shaking, at the same time seizing the implement which had caused his wrath and breaking it into splinters.
But there is one moment in his career when, at the price of unparliamentary monarchy, he could have saved Episcopacy.
Those who chanced their luck by indulging in unparliamentary behaviour, however, were pulled up and those who persisted paid the price.
All these arguments, and other objections equally strong and plausible, against this unconsionable and unparliamentary motion, served only to evince the triumph of the ministry over shame and sentiment, their contempt of public spirit, and their defiance of the national reproach.
They resolved, That the address of the commons was unparliamentary, groundless, without precedent, highly injurious to the house of peers, tending to interrupt the good correspondence between the two houses, to create an ill opinion in her majesty of the house of peers, of dangerous consequence to the liberties of the people, the constitution of the kingdom, and privileges of parliament.
The earl of Rochester told the commons, he was commanded by the house of lords to inform them that their lordships looked upon the late vote and proceeding of the lower house, in returning their papers, to be irregular and unparliamentary, as they had not communicated to their lordships the lights they had received, and the reason upon which their vote was founded.
Smith, one of the tellers of the exchequer, opposed this unparliamentary way of demanding the supply: the former proposed that part of the army should be disbanded, and the money applied towards the making good such new engagements as were deemed necessary.
Pulteney observed, that having resigned his place, he might no w act with the freedom becoming an Englishman: he declared against the manner of granting the supply, as unparliamentary and unprecedented.
Letitia declared glacially, roused from her book by my heroic though unparliamentary language.
Morris called him by an unparliamentary name and took another lump of sugar.