properly 3
adverbdomain: all adverbs
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
Examples
- 1.If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!
- 2.he was appropriately dressed
- 3.I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed
Synonyms
- appropriately 1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
- suitably 1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
- fittingly 1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
- befittingly 1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
- fitly 1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
- duly 1
in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
