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Definition of Properness
1. Noun. Correct or appropriate behavior.
Generic synonyms: Behavior, Behaviour, Conduct, Demeanor, Demeanour, Deportment
Specialized synonyms: Decorousness, Decorum, Appropriateness, Rightness, Correctness, Good Form, Priggishness, Primness, Modesty, Reserve, Grace, Seemliness, Decency
Attributes: Proper, Improper
Antonyms: Improperness, Impropriety
Derivative terms: Proper, Proper
Definition of Properness
1. n. The quality of being proper.
Definition of Properness
1. Noun. (obsolete) Excellence, quality. ¹
2. Noun. The state or condition of being proper; propriety. ¹
3. Noun. (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Properness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Properness
Literary usage of Properness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"Meantime this present (having otherwise little of worth) may plead something of
properness therein, seeing Somersetshire is the chief subject of this ..."
2. Invariant Measures on Groups and Their Use in Statistics by Robert A. Wijsman (1990)
"In the W method, properness of the action of G, although not explicitly assumed,
is implied by Assumption 8.2. For, DC is homeomorphic to ^ x 7 by ..."
3. The Tongue of Fire: Or, The True Power of Christianity by William Arthur (1880)
"A class very different from those who worship properness, set up intellectualism
as the substitute for power. We are far from wishing, ..."
4. The Synchronized Thinking: A Methodology for Intercultural Communication by Alex Chan (2005)
"It was because the main theme of this school of thought of Confucian was Modernism,
properness and harmony and the best characteristic was Kindness. ..."
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