properly meaning

EN[ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li] [ˈpɹɒ.pə.li]
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Definition of properly in English Dictionary

• AdverbCOMmore properlySUPmost properlyPREprop-SUF-ly+-
  1. in a proper manner.
     1. 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.
     1. Now herkenyth how I bar me properly. — Chaucer.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • A properly made, fully sintered and fully annealed metal clay piece should be able to stand up to any traditional metalsmithing technique.
     • Being so lighthanded the vessel could not be properly managed and could carry but little sail, consequently her progress was but slow.
     • Some states require proof that a new venture is properly capitalized before the state will issue a certificate of incorporation.
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly.
     • It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
     • This old lady we picked up was spun out because she didn't manage her insulin properly.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Adverbs
  2. Morphemes
     • Suffixes
       • Words by suffix
         • Words suffixed with -ly

Other Vocabulary

1. en property
2. en pronely
3. en propels
4. en propers
5. en properer