Proper vs Kindly - What's the difference?
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(lb) Suitable.
#Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable.
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#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
#*:The proper study of mankind is man.
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#*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
(lb) Possessed, related.
#(lb) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper words are usually written with an initial capital letter.
#Pertaining exclusively to a specific thing or person; particular.
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#*:They have a proper saint almost for every peculiar infirmity: for poison, gouts, agues.
#*(Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
#*:those high and peculiar attributeswhich constitute our proper humanity
#(lb) Belonging to oneself or itself; own.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:my proper son
#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, / Betwixt true valour and an empty boast.
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#*:every country, and more than that, every private place, hath his proper remedies growing in it, particular almost to the domineering and most frequent maladies of it.
#*1946 , (Bertrand Russell), (A History of Western Philosophy) , I.20:
#*:Each animal has its proper' pleasure, and the ' proper pleasure of man is connected with reason.
#(lb) Portrayed in natural or usual coloration, as opposed to conventional tinctures.
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(lb) Accurate, strictly applied.
#Excellent, of high quality; such as the specific person or thing should ideally be. (Now often merged with later senses.)
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#*:The same tyme was Moses borne, and was a propper childe in the sight of God, which was norisshed up in his fathers housse thre monethes.
#In the very strictest sense of the word (now often as postmodifier).
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(Scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely
* 1964 , Saint Andrew Society (Glasgow, Scotland), The Scots magazine: Volume 82
(nonstandard, slang) properly
* 2012 , (Soufside), Hello (song)
Having a kind personality.
* Tennyson
(obsolete) Favourable; gentle; auspicious; beneficent.
* Alexander Pope
* Wordsworth
(obsolete) natural
* Book of Common Prayer
* Spenser
* L. Andrews
In a kind manner, out of kindness.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
in a favourable way.
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Please; (used to make a polite request).
(US) With kind acceptance; .
Proper is a related term of kindly.
As adjectives the difference between proper and kindly
is that proper is (lb) suitable while kindly is having a kind personality.As adverbs the difference between proper and kindly
is that proper is (scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely while kindly is in a kind manner, out of kindness.proper
English
(wikipedia proper)Alternative forms
* propre (obsolete)Adjective
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Synonyms
* correct, right, apt, prudent, sensible, fitting * appropriate, decent, good, polite, right, well-mannered * appropriate, just, honorable * comprehensive, royal, sweeping, intensive * (true) full, complete * complete, right (informal), total, utterAntonyms
* incorrect, wrong, bad, imprudent, insensible * inappropriate, indecent, bad, impolite, wrong, ill-mannered, unseemly * inappropriate, unjust, dishonorable * partial, incomplete, superficial, slapdash * (true) incompleteSee also
* proper adjective * proper fraction * proper nounAdverb
(-)- Don't you think you must have looked proper daft?
- When I meet a bad chick, know I gotta tell her hello
- talk real proper , but she straight up out the ghetto
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English
Adjective
(er)- A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons.
- The shade by which my life was crossed has made me kindly with my kind.
- In soft silence shed the kindly shower.
- should e'er a kindlier time ensue
- the kindly fruits of the earth
- an herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting
- Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men.
Adverb
(en adverb)- He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.
- She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
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- Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.
- Kindly move your car out of the front yard.
- I don't take kindly to threats.
- Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.
