Antonyms for properlyprop·er·ly

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1. properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right wayadverb

   in the right manner

   "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

   Antonyms:
   improperly

   Synonyms:
   in good order, the right way, by rights, powerful, decently, justly, flop, right on, mightily, right, correctly, mighty, aright, decent

2. by rights, properlyadverb

   with reason or justice

   Antonyms:
   improperly

   Synonyms:
   decent, decently, in good order, the right way, by rights, right

How to use properly in a sentence?

1. Alexandra Krause:

   Depending on how Greece uses ships to decongest the islands that will also temporarily increase the arrivals here, the (Macedonian) government needs to provide an appropriate site to be able to shelter the arrivals properly and to ensure sufficient assistance.

2. Shanon Terry:

   I regret the mistake that was made, and it was just that - an unintended mistake. The image posted by me on a political Facebook page was not done with any malicious or harmful intent. Once made aware of the negative portion of the picture I immediately replaced it and followed up with an apology/explanation the next day, my error was rushing to post a thank you note to the outgoing chairperson, in doing so I did not properly review a cut and paste image used in that post from an internet search for a' GOP elephant'. I do not support or agree with any hate group agenda and certainly would not try to further their cause.

3. William Cobbett:

   Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary monetary matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.

4. Joe Reynolds:

   We want to make sure there is no question that when we got it we treated it properly we didnt alter it any way.

5. Marc Rowan:

   In our view, Venerable is not a great product to be part of a public company, given the inherent volatility of GAAP results if business is run properly.

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