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Definition of Properly

Properly

  1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
  2. Individually; after one's own manner.

Properly Quotations

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Mahatma Gandhi

A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Zig Ziglar

When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed.
Dr. Seuss

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
P. J. O'Rourke

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
Jane Austen
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Properly Translations

properly in Dutch is netjes, naar behoren, behoorlijk
properly in French is convenablement
properly in German is echt, geeignet, passend, geeignet
properly in Latin is decens; decenter, honeste, ordine; ordinem
properly in Portuguese is corretamente
properly in Spanish is correctamente
properly in Swedish is ordentligt

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