proper

1. a. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. Source: opted

2. a. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Source: opted

3. a. 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. Source: opted

4. a. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. Source: opted

5. a. 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. Source: opted

6. a. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper. Source: opted

7. a. Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. Source: opted

8. adv. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. Source: opted

9. adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness Source: wordnet

10. adj. having all the qualities typical of the thing specified Source: wordnet

11. adj. limited to the thing specified Source: wordnet

12. adj. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs Source: wordnet

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