proper
/pɹˈɑpɚ/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
adjective
- marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
“proper medical treatment” - having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
“wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack” - limited to the thing specified
“the city proper” - appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
“everything in its proper place”
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Words that rhyme with proper
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