English Explanatory Dictionary

improperly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In an improper manner; not properly.

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-improperly.wav

Word forms

improperly more improperly most improperly

Etymology

From Middle English improprelich, impropreliche, impropurly, inproperlye; equivalent to improper + -ly or im- + properly.

Synonyms

immorally indecently wrongly illicitly immodestly improperly incontinently reprehensibly unchastely unseemly unvirtuously wickedly wrongfully
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