
Meaning of PROPERLY
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâpurlee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adv] in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
- [adv] with reason or justice
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PROPERLY is a 8 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | by rights, decent, decently, in good order, right, the right way |
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| | Antonyms: | | improperly | |   | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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. --Chaucer.
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