meaning of proper
1. Belonging to one; ones own; individual.
2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
3. Befitting ones nature, qualities, etc. ; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress.
4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome.
5. 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.
6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
7. Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge.
8. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
9. limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed
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