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properly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɒpəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɹɑpɚli/ (General-American)
• /ˈpɾɔpəɾle/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpɹɒpəli/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɾɔpəlɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /-lɪ/ (Scotland)
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• [ˈpɹɔ̟pəli] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɹɒpɚli/ (Canada)
• /-li/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpɹɒpli/ (UK, colloquial, dialectal)
• /ˈpɹɔpəli/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Italic *prijos Proto-Italic *proprijos Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English properly From proper + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably
   • I know that I am spoiling your life that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I cant[sic] even write this properly. 1941, Virginia Woolf, suicide note:
   • Does she think the repairs have been properly done?
   • 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. 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in The Guardian:
2. (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner.
3. (colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.
   • I was properly tired after that party.

Forms

Deriveds

improperly · properly included

Synonyms

hook · head to tail · wholly · to the core · entirely · heartily · all-out · blind · through and through · absolutely · uniquely · altogether · together · soup-to-nuts · plumb · at length · outright · compliantly · cold · accordantly · head to foot · absolutely · utterly · root and branch · top to tail · all the way · duly · perfectly · quite · tout à fait · to the bone · purely · exhaustively · severally · singly · right · serely · cap-a-pie · and barrel · head to toe · duly · finally · accordingly · out and out · abstractly · at large · fitly · flat-out · suitably · downright · sunderling · first and last · one hundred percent · whole cloth · downright · top to toe · becomingly · stark · from top to bottom · from top to toe · from aardvark to zymurgy · well and truly · abstractedly · in detail · categorically · totes · rightly · quite · fully · handsomely · whole · uniquely · stone-cold · properly · consistently · particularly · sunderly · agreeably · totally · from the rooter to the tooter · to the full · from head to toe · from stem to stern · individually · from A to Z · conformably · completely · rightly · in full · and sinker · flat out · stock · straight up · independently · singly · line · from soup to nuts · compliantly · properly · apart · well and truly · lock · out-and-out · separately · properly · appropriately · discretely · soundly · detailly · independently

Translations (57)

fi oikein (in a proper manner) · ru хороше́нько (in a proper manner) · it in maniera appropriata (in a proper manner) · el σωστά (in a proper manner) · la decōrē (in a proper manner) · it appuntino (in a proper manner) · fi kunnolla (in a proper manner) · hit 𒀀𒀀𒊏 (in a proper manner) · uk як слід (in a proper manner) · az cabəca (in a proper manner) · it per bene (in a proper manner) · el καταλλήλως (in a proper manner) · nb ordentlig (in a proper manner) · de richtig (in a proper manner) · it ammodo (in a proper manner) · it adeguatamente (in a proper manner) · pt propriamente (in a proper manner) · bg както трябва (in a proper manner) · ur ٹھیک سے (in a proper manner) · ru как сле́дует (in a proper manner) · fr convenablement (in a proper manner) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰 (in a proper manner) · ar كَمَا يَنْبَغِي (in a proper manner) · hu megfelelően (in a proper manner) · da ordentligt (in a proper manner) · hi ठीक से (in a proper manner) · cmn 好好兒地 /好好儿地 (in a proper manner) · hi ठीक तरह से (in a proper manner) · es como corresponde (in a proper manner) · km យ៉ាងត្រឹមត្រូវ (in a proper manner) · fr proprement (in a proper manner) · cmn 正確 /正确 (in a proper manner) · uk нале́жним чи́ном (in a proper manner) · it con cognizione di causa (in a proper manner) · es como es debido (in a proper manner) · uk належно (in a proper manner) · es como toca (in a proper manner) · ru до́лжным о́бразом (in a proper manner) · de ordnungsgemäß (in a proper manner) · de ordentlich (in a proper manner) · ja 適切に (in a proper manner) · it propriamente (in a proper manner) · ru соотве́тственно (in a proper manner) · cmn 適當地 /适当地 (in a proper manner) · sv ordentligt (in a proper manner) · sa साधु (in a proper manner) · ar كَمَا يَجِب (in a proper manner) · eo dece (in a proper manner) · vi tử tế (in a proper manner) · de vernünftig (in a proper manner) · ru пра́вильно (in a proper manner) · it correttamente (in a proper manner) · bg правилно (in a proper manner) · eu behar bezala (in a proper manner) · el δεόντως (in a proper manner) · uk правильно (in a proper manner) · fr correctement (in a proper manner)