[syn: by rights, properly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Properly \Prop"er*ly\, adv.
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1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly;
as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
--Milton.
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2. Individually; after one's own manner. [Obs.]
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Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
properly
adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!";
"can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly,
decently, decent, in good order, right, the
right way] [ant: improperly]
2: with reason or justice [syn: by rights, properly]