Word Meanings - PROPERLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PROPERLY)

• Aright
• Right
• well
• rightly
• correctly
• truly
• properly
• uprightly
• unexceptionably
• justly
• suitably
• appropriately
• Well
• adv
• Rightly
• thoroughly

Related words: (words related to PROPERLY)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• TRULY
  1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak. 2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• RIGHTEOUS
  Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
• RIGHTEN
  To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17.
• PROPERLY
  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. Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer.
• ARIGHT
  Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.
• RIGHT-LINED
  Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
• RIGHT-MINDED
  Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.
• RIGHT-HANDED
  Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances
• RIGHT-HEARTED
  Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• UPRIGHTLY
  In an upright manner.
• RIGHTEOUSLY
  In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.
• RIGHTNESS
  Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon. 2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. The craving for rightness with God. J. C. Shairp.
• RIGHTLESS
  Destitute of right. Sylvester.
• RIGHTLY
  1. Straightly; directly; in front. Shak. 2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed. 3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately. Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind.
• RIGHTER
  One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong. Shelton.
• THOROUGHLY
  In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• CARTWRIGHT
  An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• FRIGHTFUL
  1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SHRIGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
• UPRIGHTNESS
  the quality or state of being upright.
• OVERRIGHTEOUS
  Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
• AFFRIGHTER
  One who frightens.
• EMBRIGHT
  To brighten.
• WRIGHT
  One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. He was a well good wright, a carpenter.
• SELF-RIGHTEOUS
  Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
• SPRIGHTFUL
  Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. Shak. -- Spright"ful*ness, n. Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.
• BEDRIGHT; BEDRITE
  The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak.
• AFFRIGHTFUL
  Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.