properly
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- adverb
- /ˈprɑːpərli/
- Insects can be a good food source, but only if properly identified and prepared.
- speak properly
- use properly
- properly understood
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Watch on YouTubeAnd because they recognize it, they are properly motivated by it.
- And because they recognize it, they are properly motivated by it.
- But that's the number one thing, clench your fist properly and defend your chin.
- It came from being able to properly articulate my words.
- I think it's not taught properly at high school.
- And, you know, things weren't packed properly, I guess, or tied down.
- This is how you properly clean any air.
- Actually, now that I have the physical like properly published book.
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Make sure you dress properly.
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So to pursue this course properly, you have to do both.
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But if we do it properly, then why not?
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This is how you properly clean any air.
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I want to understand this totally to properly break this down.
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You just have to live properly, think properly and follow natural law.
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I wanted to thank you properly for last night, but you ran out so fast.
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I realized today, sort of, that if you really want to train dogs properly, you need to throw them a treat now and then.
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If you don't shut the door properly, it will open in the middle of the cycle.
Fiction book (1990) -
Make sure you dress properly for the interview to make a good impression.
Synonyms
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In a good or skillful way
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In the right way without making mistakes
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3.0
In a correct and exact way
116
3.5
In a suitable way for the situation
114
2.6
In a fair way because someone deserves it
43
4.6
In the correct or expected way for a situation
30
3.7
In a way that fits the situation
15
2.7
In a proper and respectful way
14
3.0
In a way that fits the situation
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3.9
In a way that is right for the situation
3
9.9
In the correct way
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8.3
In a proper way for the situation
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6.8
In a way that is right for the situation
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6.8
In a way that suits the situation
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Etymology
The word properly comes from proper, which comes from an old Latin word proprius meaning 'one's own' or 'suitable', and it shares the same root as property. So to do something properly is to do it in the right, suitable, or correct way.