properly

proper +‎ -ly

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒ.pə.li/
• (colloquial, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒ.pli/

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• Hyphenation: prop‧er‧ly

properly (comparative more properly, superlative most properly)

1. in a proper manner.
   • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian‎:

     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. (colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.

   I was properly tired after that party.

3. (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
   • Chaucer

     Now herkenyth how I bar me properly.

• proprely