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prop·er  (prpr)
adj.
1. Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting: the proper knife for cutting bread; not a proper moment for a joke.
2. Called for by rules or conventions; correct: the proper form for a business letter.
3. Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly: a proper lady; a proper gentleman.
4.
a. Belonging to one; own: restored to his proper shape by the magician.
b. Characteristically belonging to the being or thing in question; peculiar: an optical effect proper to fluids.
5. Being within the strictly limited sense, as of a term designating something: the town proper, excluding the suburbs.
6. Ecclesiastical For use in the liturgy of a particular feast or season of the year.
7. Mathematics Of or relating to a subset of a given set when the set has at least one element not in the subset.
8. Worthy of the name; true: wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack.
9. Out-and-out; thorough: a proper whipping.
adv.
Thoroughly: beat the eggs good and proper.
n. Ecclesiastical also Proper
The parts of the liturgy that vary according to the particular feast or season of the year.

[Middle English propre, from Old French, from Latin proprius; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

proper·ly adv.
proper·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.properly - in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
improperly - in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly"
2.properly - with reason or justice

properly
adverb 1. correctly, rightly, fittingly, appropriately, legitimately, accurately, suitably, aptly, deservedly, as intended, in the true sense, in the accepted or approved manner << OPPOSITE incorrectly
Translations
properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] adv (= adequately) → correctamente (= decently); decentemente
properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] proper advcorrectement, convenablement (= really); bel et bien
properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] proper adv [eat, work] → richtig; [behave] → anständig
properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] advdecentemente (= really, thoroughly); veramente


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