proprietously

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adverb

In a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.

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Meanings

adverbproprietously (comparative more proprietously, superlative most proprietously)

comparative more proprietously · superlative most proprietously

  1. In a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.

    Here, framed in neutral gray or fading magenta cardboard, were handsome grinning men and proprietously somber women.

    1975, Lois Karen Baldwin, Down on Bugger Run: Family Group and the Social Base of Folklore, page 7

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
seemingly

Origin

From proprietous + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

proprietously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proprietously

MLA

“proprietously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proprietously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proprietously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proprietously.

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