Associations to the word «Properness»

Wiktionary

PROPERNESS, noun. (obsolete) Excellence, quality.
PROPERNESS, noun. The state or condition of being proper; propriety.
PROPERNESS, noun. (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).

Dictionary definition

PROPERNESS, noun. Correct or appropriate behavior.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus