Properly vs Normally - What's the difference?
properly | normally |
in a proper manner
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(obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
In the expected or customary manner.
To a usual or customary extent or degree.
(mathematics, statistics) In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.
As adverbs the difference between properly and normally
is that properly is in a proper manner while normally is under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.properly
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Alternative forms
* proprelyAdverb
(en adverb)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.}}
- Now herkenyth how I bar me properly . — Chaucer.
normally
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Adverb
(en adverb)- Normally , I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
- Lisa ate normally , until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
- He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
