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Proper

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suitable or appropriate for the situation

proper(adj)

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

"proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

proper(a)(adj)

having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

"wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job"

proper(ip)(adj)

limited to the thing specified

"the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"

proper, right(adj)

appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

"everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"

following the established traditions of refined society and good taste

the formal ball called for proper attire—tuxedos and full-length gowns only

being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard

there is really more than one proper way to pronounce that word in English

marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details

we had nodded and said hello to one another but had never had a proper introduction

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

you'll need to have a proper diet if you want to lose weight

serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group

malaria and other diseases that are proper to the tropics

I want to have a proper house and garden.

I will tell it to him at the proper time.

Now that Tom is taking proper medication, he should be able to control himself better.

It is not proper to be late for a dinner party.

In Japan, it is proper to bow when you meet someone.

If you want to do good work, you should use the proper tools.

There are not enough doctors to give proper care to the children.

That is not a proper subject to bring up in conversation at the dinner table.

Tom needs proper medical attention.

Tom needs proper medical treatment.

proper(a) right proper(ip) right(a) good veracious correct ripe right hand(a) fitting prudent apt sensible polite well mannered decent appropriate just honorable intensive royal comprehensive sweeping full complete total utter becoming befitting beseeming comely congruous decorous fit graceful meet neat seemly suitable worthy peculiar appertinent personal own constitutional special adapted suited fair equitable particular individual specific not common convenient legitimate adequate sound due real genuine true properly duly relevant correctly reasonable accurate sufficient de rigueur genteel nice respectable bang on dead on exact on target precise so spot on ceremonious formal punctilious starchy stiff stiff necked stilted applicable felicitous fitted happy pretty characteristic classic diagnostic diagnostical discriminating distinct distinctive distinguishing identifying symptomatic typical

improper inappropriate incorrect indecent indecorous indelicate unbecoming ungenteel unseemly false improper inaccurate incorrect inexact off untrue wrong casual easygoing informal laid back unceremonious improper inapplicable inapposite inappropriate inapt incongruous indecent infelicitous malapropos misbecoming unapt unbecoming unbeseeming unfit unfitting unhappy unmeet unseemly unsuitable wrong atypical nontypical uncharacteristic untypical

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