improperly

Adverb

Meaning

In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wrong poorly badly incorrectly mistakenly overly wrongly insufficiently inaccurately criminally cruelly amiss unseemly ineffectively immorally

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Antonyms

properly benny well right completely fully

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Phrases with the word

improperly aligned joint condition of being improperly aligned improperly positioned act improperly improperly aligned teeth behave improperly

Examples

Not body enough to cover his mind decently with his intellect is improperly exposed. Sydney Smith

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. James Howell

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. Lyndon B. Johnson

The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida. Vincent Bugliosi

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good. James Burgh

Money does not announce how it is earned but whereas properly earned money appreciates, improperly earned money depreciates. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

improper tune improperation improperia improperly aligned joint improperly aligned teeth improperly positioned