quite proper
Frequency: 7.014.1 per million words
Means to a significant degree proper; fairly proper.
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Examples (10)
- It was considered quite proper for the host to introduce the guests.
- The committee found his behavior to be quite proper under the circumstances.
- Is it quite proper to wear a hat inside the cathedral?
- She thought it quite proper to send a thank-you note immediately.
- The judge ruled that the police procedure had been quite proper.
- In Victorian times, it was quite proper for a lady to be accompanied.
- They followed a quite proper sequence of events during the ceremony.
- It is quite proper that you should be informed of these changes.
- The use of formal titles was deemed quite proper for the occasion.
- I don't think it's quite proper to discuss such private matters here.