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Improperly


IMPROP'ERLY, adverb Not fitly; in a manner not suited to the end; in a manner not suited to the company, time, place and circumstances; unsuitably; incongruously.

1. In a manner not according with established usages; inaccurately; ungrammatically; as, to speak or write improperly