Improperly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Improperly \Im*prop"er*ly\, adv.
     In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably;
     unbecomingly.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  improperly
       adv : in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed
             improperly" [ant: {properly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "improperly":
     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