more proper

ADJECTIVE

suitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate convenient decent fitting good legitimate useful

WEAK

able applicable apt au fait becoming befitting capable competent desired felicitous fit happy just meet qualified right suited true

Antonyms

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improper inappropriate unfitting unseemly unsuitable unsuited

WEAK

crass crude general incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional

ADJECTIVE

mannerly, decent

Synonyms

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correct moral polite precise respectable

WEAK

becoming befitting by the book by the numbers comely comme il faut conforming de rigueur decorous demure genteel in line kosher nice priggish prim prissy prudish punctilious puritanical refined right seemly solid square stone straight strait-laced stuffy

Antonyms

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bad corrupt dishonest imprecise inaccurate inexact

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crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

ADJECTIVE

conventional, correct

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate exact formal precise usual

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absolute accepted arrant complete consummate customary decorous established free of error on target on the button on the nose on the right track orthodox out-and-out right unmistaken utter

Antonyms

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careless false imprecise inaccurate inexact questionable

WEAK

crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

ADJECTIVE

individual, personal

Synonyms

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special specific

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characteristic distinctive idiosyncratic own particular peculiar private respective

Antonyms

WEAK

crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

Example Sentences

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Like Mr Barnes, Mr Lewis says getting more proper truck stops is a "big thing" for all drivers.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

But what makes it more proper than the American style, i.e. eating with tines facing upward, and switching your fork from the left hand to the right once you've cut your food?

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

They were a holdover from more proper and formal eras, but were awkward and kinda creepy and easily jettisoned, like the Nazi heel click.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

"This is pretend tea. It's much more proper."

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2019

"It would be more proper to ask, what are The Souls."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg