properly

properly

English

Etymology

proper +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒp.ə.li/
• (colloquial or dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒp.li/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒpəli
• Hyphenation: prop‧er‧ly

Adverb

properly (comparative more properly, superlative most properly)

1. in a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably
   • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎:

     Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.

2. (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner.
3. (colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.

   I was properly tired after that party.

Synonyms

• (suitably): duly

Translations

in a proper manner

Arabic: كَمَا يَجِب‎ (kamā yajib), كَمَا يَنْبَغِي‎ (kamā yanbaḡī) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: cabəca Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: правилно (bg) (pravilno), както трябва (kakto trjabva) Chinese: Mandarin: 正確／正确 (zh) (zhèngquè), 好好兒地／好好儿地 (hǎohāor de), 適當地／适当地 (zh) (shìdàng de) Esperanto: dece (eo) Finnish: oikein (fi), kunnolla (fi) French: proprement (fr), correctement (fr), convenablement (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: ordnungsgemäß (de), ordentlich (de), richtig (de), vernünftig (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰 (garēdaba) Greek: καταλλήλως (el) (katallílos), δεόντως (el) (deóntos), σωστά (el) (sostá) Hindi: ठीक से (hi) (ṭhīk se), ठीक तरह से (ṭhīk tarah se) Hungarian: megfelelően (hu) Italian: propriamente (it), in maniera appropriata, correttamente (it), con cognizione di causa, appuntino (it), per bene, ammodo (it), adeguatamente (it) Japanese: 適切に (ja) (てきせつに, tekisetsu ni) Khmer: យ៉ាង​ត្រឹមត្រូវ (yaang-trəm trəw) Latin: decōrē Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: ordentlig Portuguese: propriamente (pt) Russian: до́лжным о́бразом (dólžnym óbrazom), как сле́дует (kak slédujet), (colloquial) хороше́нько (ru) (xorošénʹko), пра́вильно (ru) (právilʹno), соотве́тственно (ru) (sootvétstvenno) Sanskrit: साधु (sa) (sādhu) Spanish: como es debido (es), como corresponde, como toca Swedish: ordentligt (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: належно (naležno), правильно (pravylʹno) Urdu: ٹھیک سے‎ (ur) (ṭhīk se) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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• proprely

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Middle English

Adverb

properly

1. properly, appropriately
2. individually; in one's own manner
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:

     Now herkenyth how I bar me properly.

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