properness Add to list Share. Definitions of properness. noun. correct or appropriate behavior. synonyms: correctitude, propriety.

Synonyms: correctness, propriety, seemliness, civility, decency, decorousness, decorum, fitness, good, breeding, orderliness, order.

The earliest known use of the noun properness is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for properness is from around 1478, in Liber ...

properness (usually uncountable, plural propernesses) The state or condition of being proper; propriety. (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper ( ...

properness · appropriateness · ceremoniousness · civility · comeliness · conventionality · correctness · courtesy · decorousness · decorum · dignity · etiquette ...

properness: The character of being proper, in any sense of that word.

Properness definition: The state or condition of being proper; propriety.

properness. noun. Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance: comeliness, correctness, decency, decentness, decorousness, decorum, ...

▸ noun: The state or condition of being proper; propriety. ▸ noun: (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, ...