Crossword clues for properness
properness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Properness
Properness \Prop"er*ness\, n.
The quality of being proper.
Tallness; comeliness. [Obs.]
--Udall.
WordNet
properness
n. correct or appropriate behavior [syn: propriety, correctitude] [ant: impropriety, impropriety]
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.