Appropriately
[ə'proprɪ,etlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in an appropriate manner; 'he was appropriately dressed'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
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Examples
- No, not even when the sparkling host proposed that the quartette should take an appropriately sparkling glass of wine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- England is the land of domestic happiness--how appropriately we entered it under these domestic circumstances! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With this apostrophe Mr Fledgeby appropriately proceeded to divest himself of his Turkish garments, and invest himself with Christian attire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That night I issued orders for opening the route to Bridgeport--a cracker line, as the soldiers appropriately termed it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He certainly is appropriately named, for he is a very queer little fellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cephalus, the patriarch of the house, has been appropriately engaged in offering a sacrifice. Plato. The Republic.
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