Definition of Properer

1. Adjective. (comparative of proper) ¹

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Definition of Properer

1. proper [adj] - See also: proper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Properer

proper adjectives
proper fraction
proper fractions
proper motion
proper name
proper names
proper noun
proper nounhood
proper nouns
proper subset
properate
properating
properation
properdin
properdins
properer (current term)
properest
properidine
properispome
properispomenon
properispomenons
properispomes
properly
properly speaking
properness
propernesses
propers
propertie
propertied
properties

Literary usage of Properer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"Some properer time must terminate our quarrel. Heph. ... Some properer time! 'tis false—no hour is proper; No time should see a brave man ..."

2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"Some properer time must terminate our ... Some properer time ! 'tis false—no hour quarrel. No time should see a brave man do amiss. ..."

3. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1833)
"Some properer time ! 'tis false—no hour quarrel. No time should see a brave man do amiss.— Say, what 'e the noble cause of all this madness, ..."

4. The Court and Times of James the First: Illustrated by Authentic and by Thomas Birch, Robert Folkestone Williams (1848)
"... hut in device, daintiness of apparel, and, above all, in dancing, wherein they are held excellent, and esteemed for the properer men. ..."

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