Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in an improper way;
- Example: "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Improperly \Im*prop"er*ly\, adv.
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably;
unbecomingly.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
improperly
adv 1: in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had
healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good
order, properly, right, the right way]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "improperly":
abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly,
blatantly, brashly, coarsely, confoundedly, crassly, crudely,
cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly, distressingly,
dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly,
exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly, frightfully, grievously,
grossly, hellishly, horribly, incorrectly, indecently,
indecorously, indelicately, inelegantly, inexcusably, infernally,
inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, miserably, nakedly,
offensively, openly, painfully, piteously, ribaldly, roughly,
rudely, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful,
something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, torturously,
unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, uncouthly, unduly,
unpardonably, unseemly, untastefully, vulgarly, woefully, wrong,
wrongfully, wrongly