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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Properly

/präp'-ẽrl-ē/ · Prop·er·ly · IPA /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.li/
01 adv. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
  1. 1.
    In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted.
  2. 2.
    Individually; after one's own manner.[Obs.]
    “Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly.” Chaucer.