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egentlig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • proper adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.

Senses

egentlig is used for these senses in English:

  • proper (often, _, postpositive) In the very strictest sense of the word. [14th c.]

proper — full definition

  1. adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
  2. adj Following accepted standards of behaviour or manners; correct and decorous.
  3. adj Belonging specifically and exclusively to a particular person or thing; used especially in "proper noun" for the name of a specific person, place, or thing.

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