Definition of properly
(adv)
in the
right manner; correctly; suitably; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you
carry me decent?"
indicating
exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was
just as he said--the
jewel was gone"; "it has
just enough salt"; "Properly speaking, all
true work is religion."--Thomas Carlyle