Definition for IM-PROP'ER-LY

IM-PROP'ER-LY, adv.

  1. Not fitly; in a manner not suited to the end; in a manner not suited to the company, time, placo and circumstances; unsuitably; incongruously.
  2. In a manner not according with established usages; inaccurately; ungrammatically; as, to speak or write improperly.

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