Proper
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Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] "Thou art a proper man." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. --Heb. xi. 23. [1913 Webster] 5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city. [1913 Webster] 6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. [1913 Webster] 7. (Her.) Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. [1913 Webster] In proper, individually; privately. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. Proper flower or Proper corolla (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. Proper fraction (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. Proper nectary (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower. -- Proper noun (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to common noun; as, John, Boston, America. Proper perianth or Proper involucre (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower. Proper receptacle (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification. [1913 Webster] Proper \Prop"er\, adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. [Colloq & Vulgar] [1913 Webster]  proper adj 1: marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" [ant: improper] 2: having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job" 3: limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper" 4: 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" [syn: proper, right]  proper [prɔpər] angemessen; geeignet; passend; richtig  proper [prɔpər] convenable exact; juste  proper alaposan alkalmas birtok csinos célravezetô derék finomkodó hamisítatlan helyes helyénvaló igaz igazi ildomos illedelmes illendô illô jelleg jellegzetes jellegzetesség jellemzô komplett megfelelô rendes saját sajátos sajátságos szabályszerû szépszál szép szószorosértelmébenvett szûkebbértelembenvett takaros természetesszínekbenábrázolt tisztességtudó tulajdon tulajdonképpeni tulajdonság valódi  proper decente  proper [prɔpər] behoorlijk; betamelijk; fatsoenlijk; keurig; voegzaam; welvoeglijk goed; juist; recht  proper [prɔpər] conveniente, decoroso, próprio afinado, correcto, correto, exacto, exato, preciso  proper [prɔpər] правильный  proper [prɔpər] conveniente preciso  proper [propər] blank; rein; reinlich; sauber  proper [propər] clean  proper [propər] pur  PROPER. That which is essential, suitable, adapted, and correct. 2. Congress is authorized by art, 1, s. 8, of the constitution of the United States, "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper, for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution of the United States, in any department. or officer thereof." See Necessary and Proper.  proper anständig; schicklich; korrekt; einwandfrei; zünftig adj proper eigen; eigentümlich proper ordnungsgemäß; sachgemäß; zweckmäßig adj proper passend; richtig; geeignet; angemessen adj proper regelrecht adj proper zulässig proper vorschriftsgemäß; vorschriftsmäßig adj  proper adj trim  274 Moby Thesaurus words for "proper": Christian, OK, absolute, accepted, accommodated to, according to, according to Hoyle, accurate, acknowledged, adapted, adapted to, adjusted to, admitted, advantageous, advisable, after, agreeable to, agreeably to, all right, alone, answerable to, applicable, apposite, appropriate, approved, apropos, apt, arrant, au fait, authentic, authoritative, balanced, banausic, becoming, befitting, being done, beneficial, blamed, by, canonical, capable, characteristic, civil, classical, comely, comme il faut, commodious, competent, complete, condign, conformable, conformable to, conforming, conformist, confounded, congruent with, congruous, consistent with, consummate, convenient, conventional, correct, crashing, crass, customary, de rigueur, dead right, decent, decided, decorous, defensible, definitive, delicate, deserved, desirable, desired, diagnostic, dignified, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, downright, due, egregious, elegant, employable, equitable, established, evangelical, even, evenhanded, exact, expected, expedient, fair, fair and square, faithful, faultless, favorable, feasible, felicitous, firm, fit, fitten, fitting, flagrant, flawless, formal, fructuous, functional, genteel, gentlemanly, glaring, good, good for, gross, happy, helpful, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, in accordance with, in agreement with, in character, in compliance with, in conformity with, in correspondence to, in harmony with, in keeping with, in line with, in lock-step with, in obedience to, in step with, in uniformity with, individual, infernal, inspired, intolerable, intrinsic, just, just right, justifiable, justified, kosher, ladylike, lawful, legal, letter-perfect, level, likely, literal, marked, meet, meet and right, merited, meticulous, modest, nice, normal, normative, of general utility, of help, of service, of the faith, of use, okay, only, opportune, orthodox, orthodoxical, out-and-out, outright, own, particular, peculiar, per, perfect, polite, politic, positive, practical, pragmatical, precious, precise, prig, priggish, prissy, profitable, profound, pronounced, proper to, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, qualified, quintessential, rank, received, recognized, recommendable, refined, regular, respectable, respective, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigorous, satisfactory, scriptural, seasonable, seemly, sensible, separate, serviceable, shattering, shocking, single, singular, solely, sortable, sound, special, specific, square, standard, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-up-and-down, straitlaced, strictly speaking, stuffy, suitable, suitable for, suited, superlative, surpassing, textual, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, timely, to be desired, total, traditional, traditionalistic, true, true to form, true-blue, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, uniform with, unique, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, urbane, useful, usual, utilitarian, utter, warrantable, warranted, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-put, well-timed, wicked, wise, worthwhile Proper related |
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