Entry Word: properly

Function: adverb

Meaning: in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose <the scouts were properly dressed for a week of camping>

Synonyms appropriately, congruously, correctly, fittingly, happily, meetly, rightly, suitably

Related Words well; acceptably, adequately, passably, satisfactorily, tolerably; decently, decorously

Near Antonyms unacceptably, unsatisfactorily; inopportunely, unfortunately, unseasonably; inaptly, irrelevantly; awkwardly, ungracefully

Antonyms improperly, inappropriately, incongruously, incorrectly, unsuitably, wrongly