Properly

Definition: Properly

Properly

Adverb

1. In the right manner; "please do your job properly!" "can't you carry me decent?".

2. With reason or justice.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "properly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Properly

Nomenclature

Adjective: named; Verb: hight, ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly.

Crosswords: Properly

Is his head properly shaved (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

That simply means the workers weren't paid properly. (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.)

Pull it the hell over! Let's see, you can't negotiate traffic, you can't signal properly, you can't parallel park (Gone in Sixty Seconds; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg)

I couldn't hear properly. (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!; writing credit: A.A. Milne; Ralph Wright)

Perhaps I didn't properly explain the fundamentals of the slowdown plan (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

sorta properly (O.P.P.; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

A goal properly set is halfway reached. (references; author: unknown)

If a job is worth doing, then get someone in to do it properly.     (references; author: unknown)

One time a windshield wiper will work properly is when it is holding a parking ticket. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Elegance: A Complete Guide for Every Women Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions. (reference)

• How to Achieve Self-Realization Through Properly Integrating Thematerial Face of God:A Compilation (reference)

• Managing Diabetes Properly (New Nursing Skillbook Series) (reference)

• Microwave Cooking Properly Explained: With Recipes (reference)

• Parents: Raising Them Properly (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Do It Properly [CD] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Note the bowed legs and enlarged right wrist. Nutritional Rickets is a condition in which children's bones are too soft, and do not develop properly due to a deficiency of vitamin D. Credit: CDC.

Gummatous lesions due to tertiary syphilis occur many years after initial untreated primary syphilis. The tumors are benign and if properly treated, the gummas will heal and the patient will recover in most cases. Credit: CDC.

Figure 25. Bachmann penetration tubes. These instruments are not properly sounders, but an accessory for use with the instruments of the time. The bacteriologist Martin Bachman designed these tubes in order to elongate the real sounder tube and penetrate more deeply into the sediment. These tubes achieved deep penetration but little sample material. First used on VALDIVIA in 1898. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Colockum Creek functioning properly in Central Washington. Credit: Unknown.

Stream functioning properly in central OR. Credit: Unknown.

[A man with a fractured jaw, properly bandaged]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Public health workers properly attired for working with hazardous materials and situations. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

What you can do with a few dollars properly invested. Credit: Library of Congress.

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client hanging meat after properly wrapping for sanitary food storage. Calvert County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fort Myer, Virginia. Alert and ready for action are these rough-riding, hardboiled members of a jeep crew at Fort Myer, Virginia. Properly equipped with new type helmet and Garand rifles, these soldiers of Uncle Sam's armoured forces typify the ruggedness. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. (Second Treatise of Government)

Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another. (reference)

The graves of prisoners of war and interned civilians who are nationals of the different belligerent States and have died in captivity shall be properly maintained in accordance with Article 225 of the present Treaty. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Your time has been properly and delicately spent, if you have been endeavouring for the last four years to bring about this marriage

Properly speaking, he did not enter

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Handle food properly. (references)

Dispose of diapers properly. (references)

It can be fatal if unrecognized and not properly treated. (references)

Business

As a result they do not function properly. (references)

It is recommended using a reputable customs broker to properly prepare the paperwork needed. (references)

Increasingly, waste will have to be treated, recycled or disposed of properly through other means. (references)

Civil Liberties

Jordan

The board of the academy had initiated the process of registering the school in 1997. After being contacted by embassies representing a number of countries, the Ministry of Education assisted the school in properly fulfilling registration requirements. (references)

Moldova

Transnistrian officials regularly confiscate religious tracts from members of Jehovah's Witnesses because the group is not registered properly. (references)

Afghanistan

According to a decree announced by the religious police in 1997, women found outside the home who were not covered properly would be punished severely, along with their family elders. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

There is a greater degree of transparency in procurement practices since the current government took office in October, 1999. International tenders are properly advertised and there is no sole sourcing as contract specifications are not made according to any company's requirements, as was done in the past. (references)

Peru

Concerning solid waste, the 4,200 tons of trash generated per day in Lima is not properly collected and there is no formal recycling system. (references)

Panama

Attorneys are frequently used to prepare major bids to make sure that paperwork and other requirements are properly completed. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

The report claimed that the killing of Digna Ochoa heightened awareness of such reaction and asserted that previous threats and attacks against her had not been investigated properly. (references)

Mexico

The Association of Families of the Disappeared Persons alleged that because the security forces were responsible for many of the disappearances, the cases were not investigated properly. (references)

Lebanon

Some police and members of the judiciary have claimed that they were not properly informed of the new provisions. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

Former insurgent leader Jotirindrio Bodhipriya Larma, alias Shantu Larma, has publicly questioned whether the Peace Accord has been implemented properly, and has urged prompt government action to implement all provisions of the Accord. (references)

Minorities

Slovak Republic

The Jewish community appealed to the mayor of Levice to properly investigate this incident, and the local authorities began an investigation; however, no arrests were made by year's end. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

There has been a greater degree of transparency in procurement practices since the current government took office in October 1999. International tenders are now properly advertised and the past practice of sole-source contracting by means of company-specific specifications has been eliminated. (references)

Political Rights

Georgia

In addition there was inadequate time to implement some of the election law amendments properly. (references)

Belarus

The OSCE/ODIHR reported that unused ballot papers were not disposed of properly; ballots from early voting, mobile voting, and regular voting were mixed together in direct contradiction of the electoral code. (references)

Uganda

During the initial recount, several of the ballot boxes were discovered not to be sealed properly, and the number of ballots in the boxes did not match the official tally sheet within each box. (references)

Trade

Canada

Goods not properly marked cannot be released from Canada Customs until suitably marked. (references)

Canada

A properly completed Canada Customs Invoice or its equivalent is required for all commercial shipments exported to Canada. (references)

Spain

In the latter, the manufacturer self-certifies that the product, manufactured with good engineering practices, will not endanger the safety of persons, domestic animals or property when properly installed, maintained and used in applications for which it was made. (references)

Travel

Taiwan

While violent crime is rare, Taiwan's pickpockets and thieves are extremely clever, so valuables should be properly secured. (references)

Nepal

Many drivers are neither properly licensed nor trained. (references)

Costa Rica

Seafood is perfectly safe when properly cooked but it should never be eaten raw. (references)

Women

Greece

Facilities for battered women and their children often are staffed inadequately to handle cases properly, but many facilities hired new personnel during the year. (references)

Worker Rights

Cambodia

Some factories do not pay the legally mandated premiums for overtime and night or holiday work properly. (references)

Nicaragua

All of the dismissed members filed an appeal before the labor court, which subsequently found that the workers had been fired properly. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "properly": answer properly ♦ call properly ♦ properly anaesthetized ♦ properly speaking. Additional references.

Beginning with "properly": properly-arranged, properly-balanced, properly-defined, properly-funded, properly-i, properly-informed, properly-laid, properly-led, properly-made, properly-managed, properly-organised, properly-pulled, properly-qualified, properly-regulated, properly-rigged, properly-run, properly-working.

Ending with "properly": agit-properly.

Containing "properly": never-properly-seen.

Afrikaans

na behore (decently), behoorlikheidshalwe (decently), behoorlik (decent, decently, fitting, proper, suitable). (various references)

Albanian

plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), vërtet (actually, fairly, genuinely, indeed, literally, really, truly, verily, yeah, ywis), siç duhet (done, duly, in order, in turn, worthily), në rregull (all right, alright, in order, in turn, ok, okay, okey, on an even keel, roger, safely, straight), me të drejtë (by rights, with reason). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كما ينبغي (duly), ‏حقا (actually, amen, indeed, justly, really, rightly, truly), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏على نحو لائق (fairly), ‏بصورة صحيحة, ‏بالضبط (exactly, just so, nicely, precisely, punctually). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хубавичко, с пълно право, с право (pardonably, qualified, rightly), както трябва, както му е реда, здравата (jolly, like sin, with a vengeance), правилно (aright, correctly, exactly, hear! hear, just so, justly, okay, regularly, right, rightly, that's right, true, true enough), прилично (decently), порядъчно (considerably, pretty well). (various references)

Chinese 

适当地 (Appropriately, Duly, suitably), 好好兒地 (thoroughly). (various references)

Czech

pořádnì, správnì (all right, aright, by rights, correctly, duly, precisely, right, rightly). (various references)

Danish

pensionsordninger,der fungerer uden opbygning af reserver (retirement schemes without properly constituted reserves), pensionsordninger,der fungerer med opbygning af reserver,men hvor de ansattes rettigheder ikke er sikrede (but where the employees do not have guaranteed rights, retirement schemes with properly constituted reserves), pensionsordninger,der arbejder med opbygning af reserver,og hvor de ansattes rettigheder er sikrede (retirement schemes with properly constituted reserves where the employees benefit from guaranteed rights), pensionsordninger der arbejder med opbygning af reserver (retirement claims with properly constituted reserves), korrekt frankeret (fully prepaid, properly prepaid), ankre maa underkastes en behoerig brud-og raekproeve,der svarer til den forventede maksimale belastning af kaeden;den forventede belastning maa hoejst udgoere halvdelen af ankerkaedens normerede brudstyrke (anchors should be properly preloaded in correspondence to the highest mooring line load expected, which may be as much as one half the mooring line's rated break strength), behoerigt anmeldt investeringsprogram (properly declared investment programme), forsvarligt bedøvet (properly anaesthetized), i strukturen af det rigtigt haerdede staal er austenitkorngraenserne synlige (in the structure of the properly hardened steel, the austenite grain boundaries can be seen), valsetraaden skal vaere lunkerfri og skal leveres passende afklippet i mindst den ene ende (wire rod must not show shrink holes and must be delivered properly cropped at least at one end), saalaenge brydningsfronten holdes afrettet, staar alle registre paa nul, uafhaengig af fremdriften (all the counters have a zero reading independently of the advance of the face, as long as the face is properly aligned), sikre forhandlingernes gode forløb (to ensure that proceedings are properly conducted), sikring af transportvirksomhedernes finansielle ligevaegt (to secure for the transPort undertakings a properly balanced financial position), i saerlige tilfaelde, der behoerigt begrundes (in properly circumstantiated exceptional cases). (various references)

Dutch

netjes (decently, orderly), naar behoren (decently). (various references)

Esperanto

dece (decently). (various references)

Finnish

oikeastaan (in point of fact, in reality, really), kunnollisesti (ably). (various references)

French

convenablement, proprement. (various references)

German

richtig (accurate, affirmative, aright, correct, correctly, duly, exact, fit, justly, proper, quite, real, really, regular, right, rightly, thoroughly, true, unmitigated, unmitigatedly), passend (acceptable, apposite, appropriate, appropriately, apropos, apt, aptly, befittingly, compatibility, compatible, convenient, convienient, feasible, fitting, fittingly, matching, opportune, pertinent, pertinently, proper, relevant, suitable, suitably, well-fitting), geeignet (applicative, applicatively, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, decent, dedicated, eligible, eligibly, feasible, fit, fitted, fitting, fittingly, likely, practical, proper, qualified, qualified for, right, seemly, suitable, suitably), echt (authentic, bona fide, fast, genuine, genuinely, legit, natural, positively, proper, pukka, real, really, sincere, thorough, true, truthful, typical, unaffected, unfeigned, veritable). (various references)

Greek 

καταλλήλωσ (suitably), σωστά (aright, correctly), ευπρεπέστατα, δεόντωσ (duly). (various references)

Hebrew 

יאות (fit manner, propriety), להלכה (de jure, in theory), על בוריו (thoroughly, well), כיאות (correctly, fairly), כשורה (correctly, o.k.), כהלכה (aright, right, soundly, well), כהוגן (correctly, duly, fairly, suitably, well), כדבעי, היטב (well). (various references)

Hungarian

helyesen (aright, correctly, duly, fair, on the beam, rightly, sensibly, true, well). (various references)

Indonesian

seyogyanya (obviously), sewajarnya (fittingly), segenahnya, dengan pantas. (various references)

Italian

propriamente, opportunamente (conveniently, correctly, opportunely, suitably), decentemente (decently), convenientemente (suitably), bene (all right, aright, asset, cool, fine, gift, good, o.k., OK, okay, possession, really, right, very, well, wide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

宜しく (best regards, please remember me, suitably, well). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ばっちり (a sure thing, perfectly, right on the mark), ほどよく (moderately, rightly), よろしく (best regards, please remember me, suitably, well), よく (avarice, bath, being skilled in, craving, desire, greed, nicely, skilled in, skillfully, thoroughly, wants, well), ぴしっと , ちゃんと (exactly, perfectly). (various references)

Korean 

적당하게 (Appropriately, fitly, suitably). (various references)

Luganda

bulungi (alright, am alright, am okay dear, good). (various references)

Manx

dy kiart (adequately, earnest, exactly, in true perspective, just, rightly), dy cooie (decent, duly), dy cairagh (rightly). (various references)

Pig Latin

operlypray.(various references)

Portuguese

decentemente (decently), corretamente (aright, correctly, right, rightly). (various references)

Romanian

propriu-zis (in fact, proper), pe drept cuvânt (worthily), pe cinste (proper), pe bunã dreptate (justly, well), straşnic (clinking, colossal, considerable, damnably, excellent, excessive, extreme, fine, gee, goody, grand, horrible, jolly, magnificent, mightily, nifty, proper, rigorous, severe, severely, smashing, solid, some, sound, stern, swell, terrible, terribly, thundering, tremendous, with a vengeance), decent (decent, decently, decorous, decorously, modest, respectable, seemly), cum trebuie (duly, in the proper way, meetly, right, well), cum se cuvine (duly, rightly). (various references)

Russian 

правильно (aright, correctly, regularly, right, rightly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

propisno (duly, normally, regularly), pristojno (civilly, decently), prikladno (appositely), valjano (neatly), upravo (just, plunk, right, timely), kako treba, dolično. (various references)

Spanish

correctamente (alright, correctly, right, rightly). (various references)

Swedish

ordentligt (carefully, heartily, neatly, safely, well, well and truly). (various references)

Turkish

uygunca (agreeably, fair, fairly), uygun olarak (accord, appropriately, favorably, favourably, in pursuance of, in pursuant of, propitiously, pursuant, pursuant to), uygun bir şekilde (agreeably, fair, fairly, warrantably, worthily), uygun şekilde, tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), iyice (clean, complete, completely, fair, fully, goodish, jolly well, over, proper, quite, rather good, thoroughly, tolerable, tolerably, well, wide, widely), haklı olarak (de jure, deservedly, justifiably, justly, rightly, with justification, with reason), doğru dürüst (proper), adamakıllı (greatly, head over heels, over, Plumb, profound, proper, regularly, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wide, widely, with a vengeance). (various references)

Ukrainian

гарненько (well), власне, належно (beseemingly, worthily), правильно (accurately, alright, aright, correctly, duly, normally, o.k., ok, okay, okey, regular, regularly, right, right on, rightly, straight, that's right). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thích hợp (advisable, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, befitting, compatible, congenial, congruous, congurent, fitting, meet, met, pertinent, suitable), ra trò (precious, some), hết sức đúng đắn, hợp thức (proper), hợp lệ (proper, regulation, statutably), chỉnh (seemly), đúng mức, đúng (actually, apt, aptly, aright, correct, due, exact, fair, fitting, just, precise, precisely, proper, right, rightly, true, very). (various references)

decens, decenter, decens; decenter, decenter, eleganter, honeste, iuste, ordine, ordinem, ordine; ordinem, proprie, recte, rectene. (various references)

frô. (various references)

rihte. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "properly": improperly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Properly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: porperly, proberly, proparly, propely, properlly, propertly, proprely, provenly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pyrrole.

-2 letters: lopper, popery, propel, proper, propyl, pyrope, pyrrol, ropery.

-3 letters: loper, loppy, lorry, perry, plyer, poler, polyp, prole, pryer, reply, repro, roper, ropey.

-4 letters: lope, lore, lory, lyre, orle, oyer, pepo, perp, plop, ploy, pole, poly, pope, pore, prep, prey, prop, pyre, rely, repo, repp, role, rope, ropy, yelp, yore.

-5 letters: err, ley, lop.

+2 letters: improperly.

+3 letters: polygrapher, purportedly.

+4 letters: peremptorily, polygraphers, propertyless, prosperously.

+5 letters: appropriately, hyperpolarize, precopulatory, preparatorily.