Synonyms for improperly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : im-prop-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɒp ər |
Définition of improperly
Origin :- mid-15c., "not true," from French impropre (14c.), from Latin improprius, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + proprius (see proper). Meaning "not suited, unfit" is from 1560s; that of "not in accordance with good manners, modesty, decency" is from 1739. Related: Improperly (late 14c.).
- adv poorly
- "By their improperly intelligent expression," returned Phil.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The first of these words is often improperly used for the second.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- That is all-powerful, but I will not employ it unseasonably or improperly.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry » by Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon
- There is likewise a small-sized partridge, which is improperly called the quail.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- I think Renée behaved most improperly this evening; that's all.
- Extract from : « Rene Mauperin » by Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
- Capt. G. And since when have I been treating you improperly?
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- On the other hand, it is clear that a poem may be improperly brief.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- These combinations are, not improperly, ranked among the prepositions.
- Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart
- The Preposition iar has here been improperly confounded with air on.
- Extract from : « Elements of Gaelic Grammar » by Alexander Stewart
- One reason that onions are so unpopular is that so often they are improperly cooked.
- Extract from : « The Khaki Kook Book » by Mary Kennedy Core
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