1 (especially BrE) in a way that is correct and/or appropriate:
How much money do we need to do the job properly? * The television isn't working properly. * Make sure the letter is properly addressed.
2 in a way that is socially or morally acceptable:
You acted perfectly properly in approaching me first. * When will these kids learn to behave properly?
OPPIMPROPERLY
3 really; in fact:
He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament. * The subject is not, properly speaking (= really), a science.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for properly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is properly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, properly is tagged as adverb.
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