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Correct or appropriate behavior
Answer for the clue "Correct or appropriate behavior ", 10 letters:
properness
Word definitions for properness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. correct or appropriate behavior [syn: propriety , correctitude ] [ant: impropriety , impropriety ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Properness \Prop"er*ness\, n. The quality of being proper. Tallness; comeliness. [Obs.] --Udall.
Usage examples of properness.
Without confidence in the efficacy of the magic as well as firm conviction in the properness of the application, the Dance would have no effect.
The news would be greeted with mixed emotions by his people, he knew, but he was enough of a leader to make them understand the properness and usefulness of the move.
Scott’s crimson engineering tunic, pepper-black hair, weathered face, and the rough Scottish properness had become the captain’s quickest sign of ship’s status.