properly
advUK /ˈpɹɒpəli/ · US /ˈpɹɑpɚli/
Etymology From proper + -ly.
1
In a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably
- Does she think the repairs have been properly done?
- 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:
1 more example
- 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.
- Derived terms
- improperly, properly included