properly

From proper +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒp.ə.li/
• (colloquial or dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒp.li/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒpəli
• Hyphenation: prop‧er‧ly

properly (comparative more properly, superlative most properly)

1. in a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably
   • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.
3. (colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.

   I was properly tired after that party.

• (suitably): duly

• proprely

properly

1. properly, appropriately
2. individually; in one's own manner
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Now herkenyth how I bar me properly.

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