Proper
Proper adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.
Self-serving and proper are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-serving" instead an adjective "Proper".
Self-serving
Self-serving adjective - Overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests.
Proper and self-serving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Proper" instead an adjective phrase "Self-serving".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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By the time of the series proper, almost all of them has become disillusioned, cynical, self-serving, and/or utterly ruthless.
- When they are healed, Clover is displeased by the result on her Love Interest, Todd, who goes from prim and proper Knight in Shining Armor to self-serving musician and Handsome Lech.
Source: Became Their Own Antithesis - Sadly, little of this is explicitly mentioned in the game proper, and Saiki's shady, self-serving nature (complete with the implication that said explanation doesn't hold water) opens up grounds for further discussion.
Source: Cryptic Background Reference
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