Proper and Regular

Proper

Proper adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Usage example: malaria and other diseases that are proper to the tropics

Regular is a synonym for proper in right topic. In some cases you can use "Regular" instead the word "Proper" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: property, properly

Regular

Regular adjective - Following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules.
Usage example: thought about having a nontraditional wedding but in the end went with a regular ceremony instead

Proper is a synonym for regular (British) in normal topic. You can use "Proper" instead the word "Regular" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as right, established, official.

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / Mark Millar Evil Parents Want Good Kids: The toy maker in Wanted had his wife and daughters fooled he was a regular and even Sickeningly Sweet and fastidiously proper toymaker and not a supervillain.
  • Heavily Armored Mook They’re obviously harder to defeat than regular ones, especially since they wield proper swords or battleaxes instead of planks of wood or bits of rebar.
  • Western Animation / Captain Planet and the Planeteers Legion of Doom: One episode depicted an alternate timeline in the future after the regular Rogues Gallery formed a proper evil alliance and conquered the world.
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