Proper is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PROPER in dictionary:

VERB:
• Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
NOUN:
• a service, psalm set apart for a particular day or occasion
• the part of a church service that varies with the season or feast
• service or psalm regarded as appropriate to a specific day, season, etc
ADVERB:
• satisfactorily or correctly
• thoroughly
ADJECTIVE:
• fitting
• denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine
• strictly so called; in its true form
• used as an intensifier, especially in derogatory contexts
• of the required or correct type or form; suitable or appropriate
• according to or respecting social standards or conventions; respectable, especially excessively so
• belonging or relating exclusively or distinctively to; particular to
• (of a psalm, lesson, prayer, etc.) appointed for a particular day, occasion, or season.
• belonging to oneself or itself; own
• in the natural colours.
• (of a person) good-looking
• denoting a subset or subgroup that does not constitute the entire set or group, especially one that has more than one element.
• real or genuine
• 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.
• marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
• having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
• limited to the thing specified
• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person\'s character, needs
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a portion of the Mass

Words related to PROPER

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How to use PROPER in a sentence

• I have an object for buying the farms and, if necessary, would pay something near their proper value, without taking off much for the debt.
• Something of splendor is certainly proper about the Chief Magistrate for the credit of the nation.
• It will cost me no small effort to put everything down in proper order.
• The town proper numbered about six saloons to every legitimate business house.
• The entire population of the Reef proper amounted, at this visitation, to just three hundred and twenty-six persons, of whom near a hundred were under twelve years of age.
• I have thought it proper to give you this information, as it might at some time have influence on matters under your consideration.
• Being a military officer, the lieutenant conceived he had a right to do just what he thought proper, and to make the most of his time while martial law was flourishing.
• In speaking of this place they again used the words Babeque and Bohio, which he, as usual, supposed to be the proper names of islands or countries.
• In this case the corn is satisfied and the remaining manure is in proper condition for the following crop when it is planted.
• Then, it will be seen what the Maori has to sell, and the European will be made certain of a proper title.
• The times of planting will depend on the state of the plants and the proper season of their heading in.
• But at last Barney and a wayward ambition persuaded him to desert his proper craft for the greater hazard of cracking a crib, and thus he was involved in his ultimate ruin.
• The illustrated press gave some attention to this exploit at the time, but no proper recognition of it has as yet been made.
• If we can keep quiet, therefore, the tide now turning will take a steady and proper direction.
• He arose to notice while I was in the administration, and became, of course, a proper subject of inquiry for me.
• Everything and every man has a place, and must be in it at the proper times.
• But the music of Debussy is proper to us, in our day, as is no other, and might stand before all time our symbol.
• Every Station of Life has Duties which are proper to it.
• It is proper to state that Captain Clark has always been regarded as a perfect gentleman, and as such, as far as I know, is equal to any officer in the Army.
• The proper course would have been difficult and tiresome.
• In some cases the circle has no proper entrance, in others it has a door consisting of a large slab resting on two others.
• The larger cords or cylinders are cut into the proper lengths and exposed upon trays in the drying-house.

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