Improperly
[im'prɔpəli]
Definition
(adv.) in an improper way; 'he checked whether the wound had healed improperly'.
Editor: Michel--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
Edited by Caleb
Examples
- How improperly had she been acting by Harriet! Jane Austen. Emma.
- As to your foolishness and awkwardness, my dear Fanny, believe me, you never have a shadow of either, but in using the words so improperly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Did you think me speaking improperly, lightly, irreverently on the subject? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I did not mean to hurt your feelings, I assure you, said His Grace, perhaps I expressed myself improperly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But, upon this account alone, the denomination of barren or unproductive should seem to be very improperly applied to it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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