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proper > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1properMarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
2properLimited to the thing specified
3proper, right, suitable, suitedAppropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
4properHaving all the qualities typical of the thing specified
proper > pronunciation
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Rhymesasper, bagpiper, beekeeper, and 133 more rhymes in per...
proper > adjective 1
MeaningMarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.
Examples"proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"
Contraryimproper
Similarbecoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly; correct, right; correct, right; fitting; halal; kosher; priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
See alsoappropriate; correct, right; decent; decorous; right
Attribute ofpropriety, properness, correctitude
Nounsproperness
Adverbsproperly
proper > adjective 2
MeaningLimited to the thing specified.
Examples"the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"
Similar tospecific
proper > adjective 3
MeaningAppropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.
Examples"everything in its proper place"
Synonymsright, suitable, suited
Similar toappropriate
Nounsproperness
proper > adjective 4
MeaningHaving all the qualities typical of the thing specified.
Examples"wanted a proper dinner; "he finally has a proper job"
Similar toreal

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