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Definition of Proper
1. Adjective. Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness. "Proper manners"
Attributes: Correctitude, Properness, Propriety
Also: Appropriate, Correct, Right, Decent, Decorous, Right
Similar to: Becoming, Comely, Comme Il Faut, Decent, Decorous, Seemly, Correct, Right, Correct, Right, Fitting, Halal, Kosher, Priggish, Prim, Prissy, Prudish, Puritanical, Square-toed, Straight-laced, Straightlaced, Strait-laced, Straitlaced, Tight-laced, Victorian
Antonyms: Improper
Derivative terms: Properness
Also: Appropriate, Correct, Right, Decent, Decorous, Right
Similar to: Becoming, Comely, Comme Il Faut, Decent, Decorous, Seemly, Correct, Right, Correct, Right, Fitting, Halal, Kosher, Priggish, Prim, Prissy, Prudish, Puritanical, Square-toed, Straight-laced, Straightlaced, Strait-laced, Straitlaced, Tight-laced, Victorian
Antonyms: Improper
Derivative terms: Properness
2. Adjective. Having all the qualities typical of the thing specified. "He finally has a proper job"
Similar to: Real
3. Adjective. Limited to the thing specified. "His claim is connected with the deed proper"
Similar to: Specific
4. Adjective. Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs. "She is not suitable for the position"
Definition of Proper
1. a. Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
2. adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
Definition of Proper
1. Adjective. Suitable. ¹
2. Adjective. Possessed, related. ¹
3. Adjective. Accurate, strictly applied. ¹
4. Adverb. (Scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proper
1. suitable [adj -ERER, -EREST] : PROPERLY [adv] / a portion of the Mass [n -S] - See also: suitable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proper
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