What does properly mean?
Definitions for properly
prop·er·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word properly.
Princeton's WordNet
properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right wayadverb
in the right manner
"please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
by rights, properlyadverb
with reason or justice
Wiktionary
properlyadverb
in a proper manner
properlyadverb
individually; in one's own manner
Now herkenyth how I bar me properly. uE000151315uE001 Chaucer.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Properlyadverb
Etymology: from proper.
What dies but what has life
And sin? the body properly hath neither. John Milton.The miseries of life are not properly owing to the unequal distribution of things. Jonathan Swift.
There is a sense in which the works of every man, good as well as bad, are properly his own. John Rogers.
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properly
Properly refers to the correct, appropriate, or suitable way of doing something. It describes any action that conforms to accepted standards, rules, or expectations. It implies appropriate behavior or conduct within a specific context, situation, or environment.
Webster Dictionary
Properlyadverb
in a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted
Properlyadverb
individually; after one's own manner
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'properly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2034
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'properly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1030
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'properly' in Adverbs Frequency: #159
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of properly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of properly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of properly in a Sentence
If you don’t plan properly, if you don’t do proper environmental-impact assessments, then you are doomed to fail, and at the Nairobi National Park this could lead to more lions and other animals coming into contact with a growing human presence.
We consider callout numbers to be sensitive and are not releasing them publicly because we believe adversaries could use the information to exploit perceived vulnerabilities, additionally, callout numbers don't tell the whole story since it's more about whether FSDs are able to properly staff checkpoints. Regardless, we want to ensure people know security will not be compromised at TSA and we will maintain security standards.
Had these materials, and many other things now revealed by Pennisi, been properly disclosed by the government, no grand jury or trial jury would ever credit his tales, his capitalizing on his cooperation calls into question his prior testimony and his motives to fabricate now.
Parents who don't care for themselves properly increase the likelihood that their children will encounter a version of their parent that will terrify and/or upset them, your children benefit from having more access to the best parts of you. These will be switched on more often and for longer durations when you are properly caring for your needs.
There are limits to military power, it's about sustainable outcome. And the problem we've had is we've had outcomes, but they've been only short-term outcomes because we haven't looked at, we haven't properly looked at, the political and economic sides of this. It's got to be all three that come together. And if you don't do that, it's not going to solve the problem.
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Translations for properly
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- كما يجب, كما ينبغيArabic
- richtig, ordentlich, ordnungsgemäßGerman
- δεόντως, σωστά, καθωσπρέπειGreek
- correctamenteSpanish
- به درستیPersian
- oikeinFinnish
- correctement, proprement, convenablementFrench
- अच्छी तरह, ठीक, ठीक तरह सेHindi
- dengan baikIndonesian
- correttamente, in maniera appropriata, con cognizione di causa, propriamenteItalian
- 適切Japanese
- ordentligNorwegian
- правильно, хорошенько, как следует, соответственно, должным образомRussian
- uygun şekildeTurkish
- ٹھیکUrdu
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