Properly

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• proprely

Origin

proper + -ly

Full definition of properly

Adverb

1. in a proper manner
• 2011, December 16, Denis Campbell, Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients', Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
2. (obsolete) individually; in one's own mannerNow herkenyth how I bar me properly. — Chaucer.