1. proper - Noun
2. proper - Adjective
3. proper - Adverb
5. proper - Adjective Satellite
6. Proper - Proper noun
Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Priest is the common father, as it were, of all the world; it is proper therefore that he should care for all, even as God, Whom he serves. John Chrysostom
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. Frederick Douglass
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. John Chrysostom
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. English Proverb
Sometimes silence is the proper answer. Estonian Proverb
Joking must have its proper limit. Latin Proverb