'Properly' definitions:

Definition of 'properly'

From: WordNet
adverb
In the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly]
adverb
With reason or justice [syn: by rights, properly]

Definition of 'Properly'

From: GCIDE
  • Properly \Prop"er*ly\, adv. [1913 Webster]
  • 1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Individually; after one's own manner. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]