proper

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proper
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Sense: Adjective: correct
Synonyms:
correct Collocations, right Collocations, accurate Collocations, true Collocations, exact Collocations, precise Collocations
Sense: Adjective: suitable
Synonyms:
applicable Collocations, suitable Collocations, appropriate Collocations, fitting Collocations, fit Collocations, befitting, apt, right Collocations, becoming Collocations
Sense: Adjective: conventional
Synonyms:
conventional Collocations, customary Collocations, usual Collocations, ordinary Collocations, normal Collocations, decorous, classical, standard Collocations
Sense: Adjective: polite
Synonyms:
polite Collocations, refined Collocations, becoming Collocations, respectable, seemly, befitting, correct Collocations, courteous, dignified, formal Collocations, ceremonious
Sense: Adjective: prudish
Synonyms:
prim, precise Collocations, strait-laced, straitlaced, puritanical, prudish, prim and proper
Sense: Adjective: personal
Synonyms:
personal Collocations, private Collocations, own Collocations, peculiar Collocations, individual Collocations, specific Collocations
Sense: Adjective: characteristic - often followed by 'to'
Synonyms:
characteristic Collocations, typical Collocations, distinctive Collocations, distinct Collocations, peculiar Collocations, identifying, distinguishing, diagnostic, belonging


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