properly
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EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒ.pə.li/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: prop‧er‧ly
AdverbEdit
properly (comparative more properly, superlative most properly)
- in a proper manner
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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.
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- (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
- Now herkenyth how I bar me properly. — Chaucer.
TranslationsEdit
in a proper manner
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