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)

• unmuffles
• unmuffling
• unmunitioned
• unmurmuring
• unmurmuringly
• unmusical
• unmusically
• unmutilated
• unmuzzle
• unmuzzled
• unmuzzles
• unmuzzling
• unmuzzlings
• unnail
• unnailed
• unnailing
• unnails
• unnamable
• unnameable
• unnamed
• unnaneld
• unnative
• unnatural
• unnaturalise
• unnaturalised