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more proper

ADJECTIVE

suitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate convenient decent fitting good legitimate useful

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improper inappropriate unfitting unseemly unsuitable unsuited

WEAK

crass crude general incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional

ADJECTIVE

mannerly, decent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

correct moral polite precise respectable

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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

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

careless false imprecise inaccurate inexact questionable

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crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

ADJECTIVE

individual, personal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

As Aristotle wrote: "It is more proper that law should govern than any one of the citizens."

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

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

Here the Continental Army had suffered through a winter of their own, and the vast, stark, frozen desolation itself seemed a more proper monument than statues and stones.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli