(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:16:52

Prop"er*ly (?), adv.

1.

In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.

Milton.

2.

Individually; after one's own manner.

[Obs.]

Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer.

 

© Webster 1913.

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