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more proper

ADJECTIVE

suitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate convenient decent fitting good legitimate useful

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able applicable apt au fait becoming befitting capable competent desired felicitous fit happy just meet qualified right suited true

Antonyms

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improper inappropriate unfitting unseemly unsuitable unsuited

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crass crude general incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional

ADJECTIVE

mannerly, decent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

correct moral polite precise respectable

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becoming befitting by the book by the numbers comely comme il faut conforming de rigueur decorous demure genteel in line kosher nice priggish prim prissy prudish punctilious puritanical refined right seemly solid square stone straight strait-laced stuffy

Antonyms

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bad corrupt dishonest imprecise inaccurate inexact

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crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

ADJECTIVE

conventional, correct

Synonyms

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accurate exact formal precise usual

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absolute accepted arrant complete consummate customary decorous established free of error on target on the button on the nose on the right track orthodox out-and-out right unmistaken utter

Antonyms

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careless false imprecise inaccurate inexact questionable

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crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

ADJECTIVE

individual, personal

Synonyms

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special specific

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characteristic distinctive idiosyncratic own particular peculiar private respective

Antonyms

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crass crude general improper incorrect misbehaving objectionable substandard unacceptable unconventional unsuitable

Example Sentences

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Like Mr Barnes, Mr Lewis says getting more proper truck stops is a "big thing" for all drivers.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

She had a personal shopper at Saks Fifth Avenue and reporters who arrived in the office wearing shorts were sent home to switch into more proper attire.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

By design, Wooden did not receive a season’s worth of ceremonial sendoffs, but in some small way, maybe the sport’s zealots were cheated a bit by not being able to say a more proper goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022

They were a holdover from more proper and formal eras, but were awkward and kinda creepy and easily jettisoned, like the Nazi heel click.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

His family had to be rich enough to pay for an extensive education, however, so it would be more proper to call his origins obscure rather than lowly.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro