Collocations for "properly"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "properly" in context.
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properly
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- properly [arranged, packed, covered, connected, configured]
- [arranged] it properly to [ensure, protect, prevent]
- the [computer, device, setting] is properly configured
- was (not) properly [attached, secured, closed]
- are properly [accounted, cared] for
- ensure the [work, task, job] is done properly
- [walk, eat, sit, behave, speak] properly!
- do it properly [this time, for once]
- dress properly for [your interview, the weather, a funeral]
- is (not) [running, working, functioning] properly
'properly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):