0 real, satisfactory, suitable, or correct: --
1 showing standards of behaviour that are socially and morally acceptable: --
She was very proper, my grandmother - she'd never go out without wearing her hat and gloves.
[ + to infinitive ] In those days it was considered not quite proper for young ladies to be seen talking to men in public.
2 belonging to the main, most important, or typical part: --
3 complete: --
I've got myself into a proper mess!
4 sometimes used instead of the adverb "properly" to describe how someone speaks: --
5 used for emphasizing what you are saying : --
I was proper annoyed with him.
There are many different types of cutting tools, but they all have the proper ty that they can cut away material from the workpiece.
Changes in the statistical proper ties of the sensor residue are used to detect faults in the sensor.
The proper weighting of each source of evidence provides a balanced view of the multicomponent architecture of memory.
By "proper" we mean that there is a lawful physical relationship between the distal property and the input.
Such a theory should be constructed to allow us to carry out a more proper and deeper understanding of the brain and mind.
You can't have a proper social life can you if you are so religious and always have to maintain your image?
They emphasised the salience of individual comportment, proper conduct and correspondence as central to individual well-being.
The pursuit of sensual pleasures was not to contravene the proper exercise of dharma.
