properly in English: In the right way, as something should be done. (adverb)

/ˈprɒp.ə.li/

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Translation

In the right way, as something should be done.

Word origin

From proper plus the ending -ly, which turns an adjective into a word about how something is done. Proper comes from Latin proprius, meaning one own.

"Properly" means in the correct and complete way.

Here "properly" means as it should.

"Properly" can also mean in the way that people expect.

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Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 38.