English word

Proper

Definitions

adjective

  1. referring to one individual only
  2. strictly accurate : correct
  3. virtuous, respectablearchaic
  4. strictly decorous : genteel
  5. marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : fit
  6. being a mathematical subset (such as a subgroup) that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived
  7. belonging to one : own
  8. appointed for the liturgy of a particular day
  9. represented heraldically in natural color
  10. belonging characteristically to a species or individual : peculiar
  11. good-looking, handsomechiefly dialectal
  12. very good : excellent
  13. utter, absolutechiefly British
  14. strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea

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