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proper
adjective as in suitable
Strongest matches
appropriate, convenient, decent, fitting, good, legitimate, useful
adjective as in mannerly, decent
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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
adjective as in conventional, correct
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absolute, accepted, arrant, complete, consummate, customary, decorous, established, free of error, on the button, on the nose, on the right track, on-target, orthodox, out-and-out, right, unmistaken, utter
adjective as in individual, personal
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characteristic, distinctive, idiosyncratic, own, particular, peculiar, private, respective
Example Sentences
Most recently, on Sept. 22, the air district cited the facility for a large chemical leak and failing to keep its equipment in proper working condition.
The hangover from the last election was always going to be nasty after a proper thumping, 14 years in power, and, oh yes, those five prime ministers.
There were some reports that the deaths could have been prevented if there had been better care, proper equipment and enough medical staff.
It opened in Kern County without proper permits or a business license as required by state law, according to California City’s mayor.
Until just a few years ago, the majority of justices would have agreed that the proper way to read the Constitution was as an evolving document, an approach usually described as living constitutionalism.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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