properly

prop·er  (prpr)

adj.

1. Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting: the proper knife for cutting bread; not a proper moment for a joke.

2. Called for by rules or conventions; correct: the proper form for a business letter.

3. Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly: a proper lady; a proper gentleman.

4.

a. Belonging to one; own: restored to his proper shape by the magician.

b. Characteristically belonging to the being or thing in question; peculiar: an optical effect proper to fluids.

5. Being within the strictly limited sense, as of a term designating something: the town proper, excluding the suburbs.

6. Ecclesiastical For use in the liturgy of a particular feast or season of the year.

7. Mathematics Of or relating to a subset of a given set when the set has at least one element not in the subset.

8. Worthy of the name; true: wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack.

9. Out-and-out; thorough: a proper whipping.

adv.

Thoroughly: beat the eggs good and proper.

n. Ecclesiastical also Proper

The parts of the liturgy that vary according to the particular feast or season of the year.

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[Middle English propre, from Old French, from Latin proprius; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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proper·ly adv.

proper·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	properly - in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" decent, in good order, the right way, decently, right improperly - in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly"
	2.	properly - with reason or justice by rights

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properly

adverb 1. correctly, rightly, fittingly, appropriately, legitimately, accurately, suitably, aptly, deservedly, as intended, in the true sense, in the accepted or approved manner << OPPOSITE incorrectly

adverb 2. politely, respectfully, ethically, decently, respectably, decorously, punctiliously << OPPOSITE badly

Translations

properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] adv (= adequately) → correctamente (= decently); decentemente

properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] proper adv → correctement, convenablement (= really); bel et bien

properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] proper adv [eat, work] → richtig; [behave] → anständig

properly [ˈprɔpəlɪ] adv → decentemente (= really, thoroughly); veramente