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Definition of Proper
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Proper
Belonging to one; one's own; individual. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. 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. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. Related Definitions:
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Proper Quotations
Art is the proper task of life. Friedrich Nietzsche Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. Oscar Wilde The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. Thomas Jefferson It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies. Kitty Carlisle Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Proper Translations
proper in Afrikaans is juis, behoorlik proper in Danish is rigtig proper in Dutch is fatsoenlijk, betamelijk, behoorlijk proper in Finnish is oikea proper in French is convenable proper in Latin is decorus, verus, idoneus, decet, commodus, iustus proper in Portuguese is apropriado proper in Spanish is recto |
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