Word "PROPER" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
Synonyms:
right
Examples:
everything in its proper place

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
Examples:
wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack
he finally has a proper job

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
limited to the thing specified
Examples:
the city proper
his claim is connected with the deed proper

Crossword Clues for PROPER

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*According to etiquette ... or a word used with 42d to mean very formal and well-behaved
Decent support given to queen (6)
Power line runs right (6)
Kosher The Telegraph Quick 29 Jun 2025
Fitting (6) The Guardian Quick 05 Jun 2025
Correct, fit and ...
Suitable fraction (6)
Right to support the Queen
Fitting top of poncho on rodeo participant
Fake, counter feit (6)
Genuine thing put on stage here uncovered (6)
... suitable support we hear (6)
Respectable The Telegraph Quick 12 May 2025
Decent support at the weaker end (6)
Correct; acceptable esp. behaviour (6)
Suitable type of noun (6)
In favour of exercises before runs, right? (6) Puzzler Cryptic 19 Apr 2025
Appropriate line in public relations (6)
"Appropriate for a sales agent," take back (6)
Correct The Telegraph Quick 05 Apr 2025
'Forbf is right (6)
Support. Back again, which is right (6)
Correct; orthodox The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2025
Right to support the late Queen The Sun Two Speed 22 Feb 2025
Correct The Sun Two Speed 22 Feb 2025
Support Her Majesty! It's only right!
Support the queen - it's only right!
Favouring getting through to, which is right (6)
Decorous rugby player here shedding jacket (6)
Suitable supporter, it seems (6)
Expert perm for the most part is right (6)
Rights support used with hesitation (6)
Correct or appropriate Family Time 18 Nov 2024
Right for a childless person (6)
Becoming sort of ties for stage scenery (6)
Suitable restrictions for estates (10)
Right to support monarch
Like Polish, but not polish New York Times 31 Oct 2024
Correct The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Oct 2024
Seemly (6) The Guardian Speedy 13 Oct 2024
Marked by rightness Family Time 16 Sep 2024
Appropriate sound supporter (6)
Right for the person with the missing son (6)
It's appropriate that a pope should have rights
Straight-laced when it's appropriate (6)
Decent rugby player starts to excite regulars (6)
*According to etiquette ... or a word used with 42d to mean very formal and well-behaved
Suitable type of fraction (6) Puzzler Cryptic 20 Jul 2024
It's becoming a type of fraction
"Appropriate for a salesman," take back (6)
Appropriate apt
Support with little hesitation as appropriate (6)
Well-mannered USA Today 20 Jun 2024
Fitting Mirror Classic 31 May 2024
Right for salesman to be on the counter (6) The Guardian Cryptic 02 May 2024
Right to stay up again (6)
A professional gets by in the correct manner
Straitlaced (6)
Prim's partner Family Time 28 Apr 2024
It's becoming a kind of name (6)
Fitting support by the sound of it (6)
Fitting support mostly (6)
Support hesitation! It's only right!
Fitting Mirror Classic 22 Mar 2024
It's right to back things up with little hesitation (6)
Conventional, correct (6)
Right through, for going ahead with (6)
Due support for the monarch
Correct and sounds like support for it (6)
Fit a support with hesitation (6)
Real; correct The Telegraph Quick 29 Jan 2024
Seemly The Telegraph Quick 12 Jan 2024
Conventional pair embracing guy The Times Quick Cryptic 21 Dec 2023
Prim partner Eugene Sheffer 30 Oct 2023
Correct, appropriate The Times Concise 16 Aug 2023
Right The Guardian Quick 29 Jul 2023
Real; correct The Telegraph Quick 08 May 2023
Well-mannered Newsday 02 Apr 2023
Suitable The Telegraph Quick 25 Feb 2023
Mannerly Universal 15 Feb 2023
Right The Telegraph Quick 26 Dec 2022
Untainted by vulgarity Wall Street Journal 12 Nov 2022
Fitting Thomas Joseph 17 Aug 2022
Decorous or forward? I need to think about that The Times Cryptic 25 May 2022
Fit for purpose The Guardian Quick 03 May 2022
Prim's partner
Prim and ___ USA Today 03 Feb 2022
Like many capitalized nouns USA Today 30 Dec 2021
Right to support Her Majesty The Times Cryptic 20 Dec 2021
According to etiquette Wall Street Journal 04 Dec 2021
Right, appropriate The Telegraph Quick 03 Nov 2021
Removes kits in strip poker - how is that ladylike? Irish Times Crosaire 27 Sep 2021
Bishop half-throttled by his superior? That's right
Right; conventional The Telegraph Quick 08 Sep 2021
Appropriate to support Her Majesty
Suitable for salesperson after retirement
Suitable for salesperson after retirement The Times Cryptic 28 Jun 2021
Accepted right after professional training
Right argument in favour for each
Moral support needed by one who reigns
Correct project given change of direction at the end
Do well without having succeeded in conforming to accepted norms
Respectable The Times Concise 17 Feb 2021
To support monarch is correct
[See notepad] New York Times 06 Jan 2021
Suitable or appropriate Irish Times Simplex 25 Nov 2020
Right to support the Her Majesty The Sun Two Speed 14 Nov 2020
Correct The Sun Two Speed 14 Nov 2020
Appropriate, as manners Universal 17 Oct 2020
Right, correct or appropriate Irish Times Simplex 15 Sep 2020
Right to flourish leaving society
Right to support the monarch
Real support on English right The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jul 2020
Formal The Telegraph Quick 24 Jul 2020
5   Right thing on stage with the central hero
Right The Times Concise 17 May 2020
Correct The Telegraph Quick 28 Mar 2020
Fitting bolster back on The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Mar 2020
Just right for salesman retiring The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Mar 2020
Strip poker removes kits - how is that ladylike? Irish Times Crosaire 29 Feb 2020
Genuine; strait-laced The Guardian Speedy 23 Feb 2020
Quite respectable Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2019
Orthodox Newsday 15 Jun 2019
Guy in spin? That's correct
Orthodox, leading politician ties the knot with Republican Irish Times Crosaire 28 Jan 2019
Real; genuine The Telegraph Quick 19 Jan 2019
Quite respectable
Rugby player with ear gouged out, as it should be The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Dec 2018
Right or suitable Irish Times Simplex 21 Nov 2018
Right New York Times 04 Aug 2018
Genuine; suitable The Times Concise 16 Jul 2018
Genuine; correct The Telegraph Quick 18 Jun 2018
Suitable publicity precedes short musical entertainment
Seemly Premier Sunday 08 Apr 2018
Right
Religious leader embracing right, right? Right The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Oct 2017
Do well getting son turned out to be respectable The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Jul 2017
Decent and quiet ranch employee The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jul 2017
Real The Telegraph Quick 04 Jul 2017
One suggesting expert puzzle?
Decorous publicity about string of pearls, perhaps
Apt Newsday 05 Mar 2016
Fit for sport and runs
Fitting Thomas Joseph 03 Feb 2016
Like Huck and Yosemite, nounwise LA Times Daily 03 Nov 2015
Correct; right The Telegraph Quick 02 Nov 2015
Real quiet bloke with lasso?
Authentic The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2015
Right to support the monarch
Correct; respectable The Times Concise 13 Apr 2015
Suitable item for stage production -- American medical drama The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Feb 2015
Like Huck and Yosemite, nounwise
Well-mannered
Like capitalized nouns
Suitable publicity covering most of 18, for example
Suitable
Decorous
Decorous
Polite
Seemly
Like some nouns
Following etiquette
Capitalized, as a noun
Polite
Prim partner
See 10-Across
See 10-Across
Decorous
Prim partner
Prim partner
Appropriate to the occasion
Seemly
Fitting partner
Fitting partner
Decorous
Excluding the suburbs
Like a British gentleman
Like a British gentleman
Suitable
Following etiquette
Correct
Quite right for salesperson to come back
Correct
Fit
Genteel
Decorous
Meet
Correct
Fit; suitable
Kind of noun
Fitting
Suitable.
Like a noun with a capital letter
Seemly.
Decorous.
"The ___ Bostonians."
Meet.
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