English > properness: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute| Meaning | correct or appropriate behavior. |
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| Synonyms | propriety, correctitude |
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| Attributes | improper | not suitable or right or appropriate |
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| proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Narrower | appropriateness, rightness | Appropriate conduct |
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| correctness | The quality of conformity to social expectations |
| decency | The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality |
| decorum, decorousness | propriety in manners and conduct |
| good form | behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time |
| modesty, reserve | formality and propriety of manner |
| priggishness, primness | exaggerated and arrogant properness |
| seemliness, grace | A sense of propriety and consideration for others |
| Broader | demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment | (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
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| Opposite | impropriety, improperness | An improper demeanor |
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| Spanish | aptitud, corrección, decoro, probidad, procedencia, propiedad, seriedad |
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| Catalan | correcció, procedència, propietat, serietat |
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| Adjectives | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
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| proper | appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs |
