English word
Proper
Definitions
adjective
- referring to one individual only
- strictly accurate : correct
- virtuous, respectablearchaic
- strictly decorous : genteel
- marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : fit
- being a mathematical subset (such as a subgroup) that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived
- belonging to one : own
- appointed for the liturgy of a particular day
- represented heraldically in natural color
- belonging characteristically to a species or individual : peculiar
- good-looking, handsomechiefly dialectal
- very good : excellent
- utter, absolutechiefly British
- strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea
Synonyms for proper
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