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Properly vs. Fittingly

Properly and Fittingly Definitions

Properly

Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting
The proper knife for cutting bread.
Not a proper moment for a joke.

Fittingly

Being in keeping with a situation; appropriate.

Properly

Called for by rules or conventions; correct
The proper form for a business letter.

Fittingly

The act of trying on clothes whose fit is being adjusted.

Properly

Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly
A proper lady.
A proper gentleman.

Fittingly

A small detachable part for a machine or apparatus.
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Properly

Belonging to one; own
Restored to his proper shape by the magician.

Fittingly

Fittings Chiefly British Furnishings or fixtures.

Properly

Characteristically belonging to the being or thing in question; peculiar
An optical effect proper to fluids.

Fittingly

In a fitting manner

Properly

Being within the strictly limited sense, as of a term designating something
The town proper, excluding the suburbs.

Fittingly

In an appropriate manner;
He was appropriately dressed
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Properly

(Ecclesiastical) For use in the liturgy of a particular feast or season of the year.

Properly

(Mathematics) Of or relating to a subset of a given set when the set has at least one element not in the subset.

Properly

Worthy of the name; true
Wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack.

Properly

Out-and-out; thorough
A proper whipping.

Properly

Thoroughly
Beat the eggs good and proper.

Properly

The portion of the liturgy that varies according to the particular feast or season of the year.
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Properly

In a proper manner, appropriately, suitably; correctly, justifiably

Properly

(obsolete) individually; in one's own manner.

Properly

(colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.
I was properly tired after that party.

Properly

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

Properly

Individually; after one's own manner.
Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly.

Properly

In the right manner;
Please do your job properly!
Can't you carry me decent?

Properly

With reason or justice

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