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Webster 1913 Edition

Properly

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Properly

PROP'ERLY

,
adv.
Fitly; suitably; in a proper manner; as a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
1.
In a strict sense.
The miseries of life are not properly owing to the unequal distribution of things.

Definition 2024

properly

properly

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Adverb

properly ‎(comparative more properly, superlative most properly)

  1. in a proper manner
    • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:
      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
    Now herkenyth how I bar me properly. — Chaucer.

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Etymology

proper +‎ -ly

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