properly

[PropĀ·er*ly]

In the right manner

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In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.

Adverb
in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can''t you carry me decent?"

Adverb
with reason or justice


adv.
In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.

adv.
Individually; after one's own manner.


Properly

Prop"er*ly , adv. 1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. [Obs.]
Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly.

In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.

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Usage Examples

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

I like to think that the Internet and file sharing, if utilized properly and embraced, and I emphasize properly, is a high-powered marketing design.

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with.

I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run.

I love the Beatles. I haven't named any kids after them but I still really love them. They were the first group that I was ever properly aware of. In my early teens I would sometimes stay in and listen to the radio all day in the hope that I would catch a song by them that I'd never heard before and be able to tape it on my radio-cassette player.

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership - not to punish the individual.

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice.

I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.

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