Qualities

Synonyms for proper

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsQualities

appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

Everything in its proper place.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

right

Same sentence, swapped: Everything in its right place.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for proper as it is used in the sentence above.

positive
regular
capable

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Closest first: other qualities words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

violentadjectivewildintensely vivid or loudFoothillsHas a reason line virginadjectivepurein a state of sexual virginityFoothills whiteadjectivecleannot written or printed onFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line wideadjectivefullhaving ample fabricFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line ostentatiousadjectivepretentiousintended to attract notice and impress othersHigh Camp outlandishadjectivebizarreconspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusualRidgeline outrageousadjectivesteepgreatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderationTreeline shapenounformthe spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substanceFoothillsHas a reason line

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