Properness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɹɒ.pə.nəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Properness is a noun meaning The state or condition of being proper; propriety.
Meaning
The state or condition of being proper; propriety.
More Meanings
- (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).
- (obsolete) Excellence, quality.
Example Sentences
Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits […] betook himself to his beads, and by those means got more honour than ever he should have done with the use of his limbs and properness of person […]
The kind of women who put papers on shelves and had little towels like that instinctively distrusted and disliked Mack and the boys. Such women knew that they were the worst threats to a home, for they offered ease and thought and companionship as opposed to neatness, order, and properness.
Word Forms
- propernesses
Synonyms for properness
Depending on context, synonyms include propriety, correctitude.
Antonyms for properness
Common opposites include impropriety, improperness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include correctitude, propriety, property, proprietousness, decency, appropriateness.
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