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
