<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.</li><li>Synonyms: suited</li><li>conforming to established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous: a very proper young man.</li><li>Synonyms: appropriate, becoming, befitting, meet</li><li>fitting; right: It was only proper to bring a gift.</li><li>Synonyms: appropriate, becoming, befitting, meet</li><li>strictly belonging or applicable: the proper place for a stove.</li><li>belonging or pertaining exclusively or distinctly to a person, thing, or group.</li><li>Synonyms: peculiar, individual, special</li><li>strict; accurate: proper pronunciation.</li><li>Synonyms: true, just, exact, precise</li><li>in the strict sense of the word (usually used postpositively): Shellfish do not belong to the fishes proper.</li><li>Is the school within Boston proper or in the suburbs?</li><li>Grammar: (of a name, noun, or adjective) designating a particular person or thing and written in English with an initial capital letter, as Joan, Chicago, Monday, American.</li><li>having the force or function of a proper name: a proper adjective.</li><li>normal or regular.</li><li>belonging to oneself or itself; own.</li><li>Chiefly British Informal: complete or thorough: a proper thrashing.</li><li>Ecclesiastical: used only on a particular day or festival: the proper introit.</li><li>Heraldry: (of a device) depicted in its natural colors: an oak tree proper.</li><li>Informal: excellent; capital; fine.</li><li>good-looking or handsome.</li><li>Mathematics: (of a subset of a set) not equal to the whole set.</li><li>Archaic: of good character; respectable.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb:</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: thoroughly; completely.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Ecclesiastical: a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.</li></ul>