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proper |
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Christian, OK, absolute, accepted, accommodated to, according to, according to Hoyle, accurate,
acknowledged, adapted, adapted to,
adjusted to, admitted, advantageous,
advisable, after, agreeable to,
agreeably to, all right, alone,
answerable to, applicable, apposite,
appropriate, approved, apropos, apt, arrant, au fait, authentic, authoritative,
balanced, banausic, becoming,
befitting, being done, beneficial,
blamed, by, canonical, capable, characteristic, civil, classical, comely,
comme il faut, commodious, competent,
complete, condign, conformable,
conformable to, conforming, conformist, confounded, congruent with, congruous,
consistent with, consummate, convenient, conventional, correct, crashing, crass, customary, de rigueur, dead right, decent, decided, decorous, defensible, definitive, delicate, deserved, desirable, desired, diagnostic, dignified, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, downright, due, egregious,
elegant, employable, equitable, established, evangelical, even, evenhanded, exact,
expected, expedient, fair, fair and square, faithful, faultless, favorable, feasible, felicitous, firm, fit,
fitten, fitting, flagrant,
flawless, formal, fructuous, functional, genteel, gentlemanly, glaring, good,
good for, gross, happy, helpful, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, in accordance with, in agreement with, in character,
in compliance with, in conformity with, in correspondence to, in harmony with, in keeping with, in line with, in lock-step with, in obedience to, in step with, in uniformity with, individual, infernal, inspired, intolerable, intrinsic,
just, just right, justifiable, justified, kosher, ladylike, lawful, legal,
letter-perfect, level, likely,
literal, marked, meet, meet and right, merited, meticulous, modest, nice, normal, normative, of general utility, of help, of service, of the faith, of use, okay, only, opportune, orthodox, orthodoxical, out-and-out, outright, own, particular, peculiar, per, perfect,
polite, politic, positive, practical, pragmatical, precious, precise, prig,
priggish, prissy, profitable, profound, pronounced, proper to, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, qualified, quintessential, rank, received, recognized, recommendable, refined, regular, respectable, respective, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigorous, satisfactory, scriptural, seasonable, seemly, sensible, separate, serviceable, shattering, shocking, single, singular, solely, sortable, sound, special, specific,
square, standard, stark-staring,
stark, straight-up-and-down, straight,
straitlaced, strictly speaking, stuffy,
suitable, suitable for, suited, superlative, surpassing, textual, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, timely, to be desired, total, traditional, traditionalistic, true-blue, true, true to form, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable,
unequivocal, uniform with, unique,
unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, urbane, useful, usual, utilitarian,
utter, warrantable, warranted, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-put, well-timed, wicked, wise,
worthwhile
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proper thing |
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bon ton, candor, conformity, consuetude, convention, cricket, custom, established way, etiquette, fair-mindedness, fair play, fair shake, fairness, fashion, folkway, good sportsmanship, haute couture, high fashion, manner, manners, mode, mores, observance, practice, praxis, prescription, prevailing taste, right, rightfulness, rightness, ritual, social convention, sportsmanlikeness, sportsmanliness, sportsmanship, square deal, standard behavior, standard
usage, standing custom, stream of fashion, style, swim, the fair thing, the handsome thing, the proper thing, the seemly, the thing, time-honored practice, tradition, trend, usage,
use, vogue, way, what is done, what is right, what should be, wont, wonting
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Main entries similar to: proper
able, absolute, accepted, according to Hoyle, accurate,
acknowledged, adequate, admitted, advantageous, advisable, all right, alright, applicable, appropriate, approved, apropos, apt, arrant,
ashamed, au fait, authentic, authoritative, balanced, beautiful, becoming, befitting, beneficial, canonical, capable, ceremonious, character, characteristic, chaste, Christian, civil, classical, comely, commodious, compatible, competent, complete, condign, congruous, conservative, consummate, convenient, conventional, correct, courteous, coy, crass,
customary, de rigueur, decent, decided, decorous, defensible, definitive, delicate, demure, deserved, desirable, diagnostic, distinctive, distinguished, done, downright, due, egregious, elegant, eligible, employable, equitable, ethical, evangelical, even, evenhanded, exact, expedient, fair, faithful, faultless, favorable, feasible, felicitous, firm, fit, fitting, flagrant,
flawless, formal, fructuous, functional, genteel, genuine, glaring, good,
good for, gross, happy, helpful, honest, honorable, idiosyncratic, impeccable, individual, inspired, intolerable, intrinsic, just, just right, justifiable, justified, kosher, ladylike, lawful, legal, legitimate, level, likely, literal, logical, marked, meet, merited,
meticulous, modest, moral, narrow-minded, natural, nice, normal, normative, official, OK, open, opportune, orthodox, out-and-out, outright, peculiar, perfect, permissible, place, polite, politic, positive, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, precious, precise, presentable, prim, principled, profitable, profound, pronounced, prudish, pukka, pure, puritan, qualified, quintessential, rank, real, reason, reasonable, received, recognized, recommendable, regular, relevant, respectable, right, righteous, rightful, rigorous, ripe, safe, savory, scriptural, seasonable,
sedate, seemly, serviceable, shocking, single, singular, sober, sound,
special, square, standard, stark, straight, stuffy, suitable, superlative, surpassing, tasteful, textual, thorough, timely, total, traditional, true, true blue, true to form, unbearable, unconscionable,
undeniable, unequivocal, unique, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, urbane, useful, utilitarian, utter, utterly, virtuous, warrantable, warranted, well-timed, wicked, wise, worthwhile
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