adj. 25B6; adjective
he's not a proper scientist : REAL, genuine, actual, true, bona fide; informal kosher.
the proper channels : RIGHT, correct, accepted, orthodox, conventional, established, official, formal, regular, acceptable, appropriate; archaic meet.
they were terribly proper : RESPECTABLE, decorous, seemly, decent, refined, ladylike, gentlemanly, genteel; formal, conventional, correct, comme il faut, done, orthodox, polite, punctilious.
(Brit. informal) a proper mess : COMPLETE, absolute, real, perfect, total, thorough, utter, out-and-out, positive, unmitigated, consummate; Brit. informal right; Austral./NZ informal fair.
fake, inappropriate, wrong, unconventional.