properly

English

Alternative forms

• proprely

Etymology

proper +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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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'”, 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.

Translations

in a proper manner

• Arabic: كما يجب (ar) (kamaa yájib), كما ينبغي (ar) (kamaa yanbaghii)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正確 (cmn), 正确 (cmn) (zhèngquè), 好好兒地 (cmn), 好好儿地 (cmn) (hǎohāor de), 適當地 (cmn), 适当地 (cmn) (shìdàng de)

• Finnish: oikein (fi)
• French: proprement (fr), correctement (fr)
• German: ordnungsgemäß (de), ordentlich (de), richtig (de)
• Greek: καθωσπρέπει (el) (kathosprépei) , δεόντως (el) (deontos) , σωστά (el) (sostá) 

• Hindi: ठीक से (hi) (ṭhīk se), ठीक तरह से (hi) (ṭhīk tarah se)
• Italian: propriamente (it)
• Japanese: 適切に (ja) (てきせつに, tekisetsu-ni)
• Russian: должным образом (ru) (dólžnym óbrazom) , как следует (ru) (kak slédujet) , (colloquial) хорошенько (ru) (xorošén'ko) , правильно (ru) (právil'no) , соответственно (ru) (sootvétstvenno) 
• Urdu: ٹھیک سے (ur) (ṭhīk se)