Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an appropriate or proper manner; fittingly; suitably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
appropriate manner;properly ;suitably .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an appropriate manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He used the term appropriately (though his broader point is very much open for debate).
Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps 2009
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And for that category, all you need is the title appropriately formatted, and the journal or conference it was submitted to.
Archive 2009-02-01 JLK 2009
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And for that category, all you need is the title appropriately formatted, and the journal or conference it was submitted to.
I *Heart* My CV JLK 2009
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The term appropriately describes a "leader" who, after receiving the wisdom of those who had actual experience, decided to stubbornly go it alone.
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We know she is said to be the "perfect dog", she wears the title appropriately!
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It is what we call appropriately designed, using appropriate technology, said Parekh.
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Sometimes villagers will use your title appropriately - Watch out!
Fable 2 Greg Tannahill 2008
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I would argue that "Long Tail" is a term appropriately applied to both the Obama campaign as a whole and the nature of his fundraising.
Barack Obama and the Long Tail of Politics Garcia, Isaac 2008
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Sometimes villagers will use your title appropriately - Watch out!
Archive 2008-12-01 Greg Tannahill 2008
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(note: I have no idea if I'm using the term appropriately) and and realize that the best I can do, all I can do, is to give each day my best effort, to give all of myself, and that all other factors are out of my control.?
Baltiblogs Michael 2010
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