as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
make sure you greet our guests appropriately
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Recent Examples of appropriately
Yet stimulatory or not, America’s economy has a mountain to climb before Washington’s debts align more appropriately with its economic context.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
It's called, appropriately enough, Holy Hill Skeletons.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The Horror Collective, the genre banner of Shaked Berenson’s (Slaxx, Turbo Kid, Tales of Halloween) Entertainment Squad that is championing independent horror filmmakers, has launched a genre streaming service, appropriately called BloodStream.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
An essential part of this is preparing the soil appropriately for each season, so as to set yourself up for success.
—William Jones, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The other countermeasure group saw a scene that moved appropriately and was provided an overlay showing future motion, like looking out the front window and seeing the road ahead.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Rummel said the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is responsible for ensuring states are complying with special education law and that state funding is spent appropriately.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
That said, Jassi seems down for the tag team, and oohed and aahed appropriately at the reveal that — drumroll, please — Gizelle is dating.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Staffieri was appropriately shocked and disturbed by both the antisemitic display and the breach of internal protocol.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
It's called, appropriately enough, Holy Hill Skeletons.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The Horror Collective, the genre banner of Shaked Berenson’s (Slaxx, Turbo Kid, Tales of Halloween) Entertainment Squad that is championing independent horror filmmakers, has launched a genre streaming service, appropriately called BloodStream.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
An essential part of this is preparing the soil appropriately for each season, so as to set yourself up for success.
—William Jones, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The other countermeasure group saw a scene that moved appropriately and was provided an overlay showing future motion, like looking out the front window and seeing the road ahead.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Rummel said the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is responsible for ensuring states are complying with special education law and that state funding is spent appropriately.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
That said, Jassi seems down for the tag team, and oohed and aahed appropriately at the reveal that — drumroll, please — Gizelle is dating.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Staffieri was appropriately shocked and disturbed by both the antisemitic display and the breach of internal protocol.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appropriately
Adverb
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Standard waste practices such as landfilling, mechanical recycling, and incineration fail to manage plastic properly and often generate secondary pollution.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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In order to properly tell its decades-spanning mystery, Origins and NCIS will be switching their respective time slots for the evening.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Contestants stood to win the fabled Rs 1 crore by correctly answering 15 questions within 60 minutes.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Paulsen answered every one of Shanahan’s questions correctly, then rattled off the assignments for the guards and center, too.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Appropriately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriately. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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