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Properly vs Deservedly - What's the difference?

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Properly is a related term of deservedly.


As adverbs the difference between properly and deservedly

is that properly is in a proper manner while deservedly is (degree|manner) in a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.

properly

English

Alternative forms

* proprely

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in a proper manner
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 16 , author=Denis Campbell , title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients' , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.}}
  • (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
    • Now herkenyth how I bar me properly . — Chaucer.

    deservedly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (degree, manner) In a way or to a degree that is deserved or merited.
  • * 1847-48 , , 2008, Digireads.com Publishing, page 437,
    • Emmy, he remembered, was at one time cruelly and deservedly jealous of Rebecca,.
  • * 1859 , James Maden Holt, The Jesuits: A Lecture Delivered in St. Saviour's School, near Bacup, May 16th 1859 , page 1,
    • THE Jesuits have been condemned, and deservedly condemned, by the unanimous consent of the whole of Christendom.
  • * 1986 , Facts on File, Editorials on File , Volume 17, Part 2, , page 949,
    • The vote for Scalia was unanimous, and deservedly so.
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope with a goal with the last kick of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive.
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