If your behaviour is ~, you are behaving in a proud way because you are, or feel like you are, the owner of something. (FORMAL)
The longer I live alone the more ~ I become about my home.
= proprietary
ADJ
If your behaviour is ~, you are behaving in a proud way because you are, or feel like you are, the owner of something. (FORMAL)
The longer I live alone the more ~ I become about my home.
= proprietary
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012