properly

Adverb
  1. In the right manner;
    Correctly;
    Suitably (synset 400197608)
    "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
    same as: decent, decently, right
  2. Indicating exactness or preciseness (synset 400159432)
    "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"; "Properly speaking, all true work is religion."
    same as: exactly, just, precisely
  3. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances (synset 400140318)
    "he was appropriately dressed"; "If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!"; "I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed"
    same as: appropriately, befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, suitably

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