Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being proper, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being proper.
- noun obsolete Tallness; comeliness.
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- noun obsolete
Excellence ,quality . - noun The state or condition of being
proper ;propriety . - noun mathematics The state or condition of being
proper (of aproper fraction ,proper subset , etc.).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
Etymologies
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Examples
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Carole McDonnell 7:54 pm: Christianity defined as properness
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Anyway, I appreciate the properness of your introduction of the song because it IS "S-S-S-Saturday."
Mike Ragogna: Loudmouths, Raiders & Soup Bowlers: Conversations with Jaret Reddick, Mark Lindsay and Jim Bianco Mike Ragogna 2011
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The Victorian era was known of a time of prim properness, where ladies were ladies and men acted like gentlemen.
Japanese Gropers: Molestation Hits a New Low « Colleen Anderson 2009
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There is some correspondence involved, not some sentimental farmish old rugged implement type thing, but a real properness in having the one who is usually served take due consideration of the thing serving.
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Julian Fellowes had a lot of explaining to do in his new costume drama series Downton Abbey, though the opening sequence probably gave us more footnotes about Edwardian grate-blacking and the pecking order of domestic drudges than was entirely absorbable amid the squawk of maids and cackling cooks and general dawn uproar of an aristocratic household being dustpan-and-brushed to its full English properness.
Downton Abbey; Whites; DCI Banks; Inspector George Gently; Horizon Phil Hogan 2010
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Anyway, I appreciate the properness of your introduction of the song because it IS "S-S-S-Saturday."
Mike Ragogna: Loudmouths, Raiders & Soup Bowlers: Conversations with Jaret Reddick, Mark Lindsay and Jim Bianco Mike Ragogna 2011
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Given the “properness” that people from this era show each other, it seems odd that Hilton would call Don at home at such an odd hour.
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There are some PP's that transcend their category for me--I forget their properness because I am too busy enjoying their beauty.
Divine by Divine and thoughts on Proper Perfume Marina Geigert 2008
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Hmmm… Frum wut Ai kan determyne, teh moast biggest problum ov teh trolls iz there grate stuffynesses adn mush boringest properness, wich awl srsly resultz in a eenormuss lack ov a sence ov huumor.
invisible - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And it must be that you do all see with me in this matter, and commend me that I thought with properness.
The Night Land 2007
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