appropriately
appropriately adverb: in an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
Adverb
appropriately (comparative more appropriately, superlative most appropriately)
- In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
- He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44
- Synonyms:
- duly, compliantly, rightly, accordantly, accordingly, agreeably, becomingly, conformably, consistently, fitly
- Antonyms:
- inappropriately
appropriately meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
appropriately in Hindi
- उचित रूप से, उपयुक्त रूप से
appropriately in Marathi
- appropriately; exactly; in the correct or fitting manner
- नेमके nemke
appropriately in Urdu
- درستی سے, مناسب طور پر
appropriately in Bengali
- উপযুক্তভাবে
More languagesFewer languages
- appropriately in Telugu
- సముచితంగా
- appropriately in Malayalam
- ഉചിതമായി
- appropriately in Kannada
- ಸೂಕ್ತವಾಗಿ
- appropriately in Punjabi
- ਉਚਿਤ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ
Synonyms of appropriately
- duly
- compliantly
- rightly
- accordantly
- accordingly
- agreeably
- becomingly
- conformably
- consistently
- fitly
Antonyms
Forms of appropriately
| comparative | more appropriately |
|---|---|
| superlative | most appropriately |
Origin of appropriately
From appropriate + -ly.
Questions about appropriately
- What does appropriately mean?
- Appropriately means in an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
- What is appropriately in Hindi?
- Appropriately in Hindi is उचित रूप से, उपयुक्त रूप से. See Appropriately meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is appropriately?
- Appropriately is an adverb.
Words near appropriately in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: appropriately (page history and authors); appropriately (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); नेमके (Marathi) (page history and authors); appropriately (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); appropriately (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appropriately (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appropriately (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appropriately (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); appropriately (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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