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properly

[prop-er-lee] / ˈprɒp ər li /
ADVERB
correctly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accordingly accurately perfectly well
WEAK
fitly rightly suitably

Example Sentences

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Another said: "One of the best things I've seen today! Properly uplifting!"

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Properly understood, culture is not a passive backdrop to “real life” but an active domain where communities articulate their shared meanings.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Properly gauging product categories, individual relations, and cost calculations takes up a whopping amount of pages, complete with all kinds of jargon unintelligible to the lay consumer.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2025

Properly infuriated, the Laughing Man pushed off his mask with his tongue and confronted the Dufarges with his naked face by moonlight Mile.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

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