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What is another word for proper to?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɒpə tuː] (IPA)

The phrase "proper to" means suitable or appropriate for a particular situation or circumstance. There are several synonyms that can be used in place of this phrase, such as "fitting," "relevant," "pertinent," "applicable," "adequate," and "suitable." These synonyms convey a sense of appropriateness and suggest that something is well-suited to a specific situation. Similarly, other synonyms including "apposite," "germane," and "customary" carry the connotation that something is not only proper, but also expected or customary in a given context. Using these synonyms can help add variety to your language and convey nuance in your writing or speaking.
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  • The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
    W. H. Auden
  • It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border.
    William Bartram
  • The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.
    Herbert Croly
  • IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established.
    Charles Inglis
  • The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
    Thomas Jefferson

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