Adverb: properly pró-pu(r)-lee
- In the right manner; correctly; suitably
"please do your job properly!";
- decently, decent, right
- Indicating exactness or preciseness
"he was doing properly what she had told him to do"; "Properly speaking, all true work is religion";
- precisely, exactly, just
- In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
"If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!";
- appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly, duly, appositely, correctly