Proper and Typical

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

Typical and proper are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Typical" instead an adjective "Proper".

Nearby Words: property, properly

Typical

Typical adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Usage example: when I asked what he had learned in school that day, he gave me the typical answer of teenagers: “I don't know”

Proper and typical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Typical".

Nearby Words: type, typically, typicality

Both words in one sentence

  • No Fair Cheating This was later changed so that GPS spoofing will result in a proper, typical ban.
  • Western Animation / Barbie as the Island Princess Proper Lady: Luciana Robinsonade: Ro grows up in this setting, but it's a much lighter form of the trope than typical.
  • Younger Than They Look: Mike himself looks younger than your typical Christmas Cake... but yeah, the prize goes to the Goddess of Lolicon proper, having existed since... 1955.
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