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proprietously

proprietously adverb: in a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.

Adverb

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

Forms of proprietously

comparativemore proprietously
superlativemost proprietously

Origin of proprietously

From proprietous + -ly.

Questions about proprietously

What does proprietously mean?
Proprietously means in a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.
What part of speech is proprietously?
Proprietously is an adverb.

Words near proprietously in the dictionary

  1. proprietors
  2. proprietorship
  3. proprietorships
  4. proprietory
  5. proprietous
  6. proprietously
  7. proprietousness
  8. proprietress
  9. proprietresses
  10. proprietrices
  11. proprietrix

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