HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of PROPER products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: Propolene 30 Day Risk Free Trial Offer, Propolene trade 2 Bottles Free Rush Shipping, beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | praa'per |
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| Rhymes | asper, bagpiper, beekeeper, and 133 more rhymes in per... |
| Meaning | Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness. |
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| Examples | "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| Contrary | improper |
| Similar | becoming, 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 also | appropriate; correct, right; decent; decorous; right |
| Attribute of | propriety, properness, correctitude |
| Nouns | properness |
| Adverbs | properly |
| Meaning | Limited to the thing specified. |
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| Examples | "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper" |
| Similar to | specific |
| Meaning | Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs. |
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| Examples | "everything in its proper place" |
| Synonyms | right, suitable, suited |
| Similar to | appropriate |
| Nouns | properness |
| Meaning | Having all the qualities typical of the thing specified. |
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| Examples | "wanted a proper dinner; "he finally has a proper job" |
| Similar to | real |
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