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What is the adjective for proper?

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proper
  1. (heading) Suitable.
    1. Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. [from 13th c.]
    2. Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous. [from 18th c.]
  2. (heading) Possessed, related.
    1. (grammar) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter. [from 14th c.]
    2. Pertaining exclusively to a specific thing or person; particular. [from 14th c.]
    3. (usually postpositive) In the strict sense; within the strict definition or core (of a specified place, taxonomic order, idea, etc).
    4. (archaic) Belonging to oneself or itself; own. [from 14th c.]
    5. (heraldry) Portrayed in natural or usual coloration, as opposed to conventional tinctures. [from 16th c.]
    6. (mathematics) Eigen-; designating a function or value which is an eigenfunction or eigenvalue. [from 20th c.]
  3. (heading) Accurate, strictly applied.
    1. Excellent, of high quality; such as the specific person or thing should ideally be. (Now often merged with later senses.) [from 14th c.]
    2. (now regional) Attractive, elegant. [from 14th c.]
    3. (often postpositive) In the very strictest sense of the word. [from 14th c.]
    4. (now colloquial) Utter, complete. [from 15th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Please ensure that the proper procedures are followed.”
      “Let me show you the proper way to use a pair of chopsticks.”
      “My parents expect me to behave in a manner they deem proper for a young man.”
properest
  1. (nonstandard) superlative form of proper: most proper.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It was the easiest way, and, beyond all comparison, the properest.”
      “There is a certain magic about his properest action which stupefies your powers of observation, so that though it is done before you, you wist not of it.”
      “The beginning, however, of every visit displayed none but the properest feelings, and this being of necessity so short might be hoped to pass away in unsullied cordiality.”
properer
  1. (nonstandard) comparative form of proper: more proper
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