proper /propˈər/

1. Own
2. Appropriate
3. Peculiar
4. Confined to one
5. In natural colouring (heraldry)
6. Strict
7. Strictly applicable
8. Strictly so-called (usu after n)
9. Thorough, out-and-out (now informal)
10. Actual, real
11. Befitting
12. Decorous, seemly
13. Conforming strictly to convention
14. Goodly
15. Belonging to only one
16. Comely
17. Used only on a particular day or festival (church)

A service, psalm, etc set apart for a particular day or occasion

1. Very, exceedingly
2. Properly

propˈerly adverb

1. In a proper manner
2. Strictly
3. Entirely, extremely (informal)

propˈerness noun

proper chant noun (obsolete)

The key of C major

proper-falseˈ adjective (Shakespeare)

Handsome and deceitful

proper fraction noun

A fraction that has a numerator of a lower value than the denominator

proper motion noun

A star's apparent motion relative to the celestial sphere, due partly to its own movement (peculiar motion), and partly to that of the solar system (parallactic motion)

proper noun or proper name noun

The name of a particular person, animal, thing, place, etc, in English usu written with an initial capital letter, opp to common noun

• cantharus
• canthaxanthin
• canthaxanthine
• canthaxanthines
• canthaxanthins
• canthi
• canthook
• canthus
• canticle
• Canticle of Canticles
• canticles
• cantico
• canticoed
• canticoing
• canticos
• canticoy
• canticoyed
• canticoying
• canticoys
• canticum
• canticums
• cantier
• cantiest
• cantilena
• cantilenas