'Improperly' definitions:
Definition of 'improperly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way]
Definition of 'Improperly'
From: GCIDE
- Improperly \Im*prop"er*ly\, adv. In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'improperly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominably,
- agonizingly,
- awfully,
- baldly,
- balefully,
- bitterly,
- blatantly,
- brashly,
- coarsely,
- confoundedly,
- crassly,
- crudely,
- cruelly,
- damnably,
- deadly,
- deathly,
- deucedly,
- distressingly,
- dolorously,
- dreadfully,
- egregiously,
- excessively,
- excruciatingly,
- exorbitantly,
- extravagantly,
- flagrantly,
- frightfully,
- grievously,
- grossly,
- hellishly,
- horribly,
- incorrectly,
- indecently,
- indecorously,
- indelicately,
- inelegantly,
- inexcusably,
- infernally,
- inordinately,
- intolerably,
- lamentably,
- miserably,
- nakedly,
- offensively,
- openly,
- painfully,
- piteously,
- ribaldly,
- roughly,
- rudely,
- sadly,
- shatteringly,
- shockingly,
- something awful,
- something fierce,
- sorely,
- staggeringly,
- terribly,
- torturously,
- unashamedly,
- unbearably,
- unconscionably,
- uncouthly,
- unduly,
- unpardonably,
- unseemly,
- untastefully,
- vulgarly,
- woefully,
- wrong,
- wrongfully,
- wrongly