properly

 
Pronunciation: /ˈprɒp(ə)li/

adverb

  • 1correctly or satisfactorily: ensuring the work is carried out properly a properly drafted agreement
  • appropriately for the circumstances; suitably or respectably: I’m trying to get my mother to behave properly
  • 2 [sentence adverb] in the strict sense; exactly: algebra is, properly speaking, the analysis of equations
  • 3 [usually as submodifier] informal, chiefly British thoroughly; completely: on the first day she felt properly well, Millie sat out on the front steps