〔目的などにかなった〕proper ((for)),appropriate ((for, to));〔正当な〕valid
- あの場合妥当な処置であった
- The measure was appropriate [proper] under those circumstances.
- 妥当な批判
- (a) valid criticism/(an) apt criticism
- 彼が偉大な小説家と呼ばれるのは妥当ではない
- It is not fitting [right] that he should be ranked as a great novelist.
- その手段が妥当かどうかあやしい
- I doubt the propriety [suitability] of the measures.