Proper

prop′ėr, adj. one's own: fitted for a person's nature or qualities: peculiar: belonging to only one of a species (as a name): natural: suitable: correct: just: right: becoming: ( B. ) comely, pretty: in liturgics, used only on a particular day or festival.— n. something set apart for a special use.— adv. ( coll. ) very, exceedingly.— adv. Prop′erly , in a proper manner: ( coll. ) entirely, extremely.— n. Prop′erne .— Properly speaking , in the strict sense: speaking without qualification. [Fr. propre —L. proprius , one's own, akin to prope , near.]