properness

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Noun

HYPHEN

prop=er=ness

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun properness has 1 sense

properness(n = noun.attribute) correctitude, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior; Array

is a kind of behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour, deportment

has particulars: decorousness, decorum, appropriateness, rightness, correctness, good form, priggishness, primness, modesty, reserve, grace, seemliness, decency

Antonym: improperness

Derived forms adjective proper₄, adjective proper₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

properness, n.

The quality of being proper. [1913 Webster]
Tallness; comeliness. Udall. [1913 Webster]

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