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PROPERLY

\pɹˈɒpəli], \pɹˈɒpəli], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_p_ə_l_i]\

Definitions of PROPERLY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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with reason or justice
in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

with reason or justice
in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

adv. In a proper manner ; suitably ; fitly ;-in a strict sense ; strictly.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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