Properly vs Truly - What's the difference?
properly | truly |
in a proper manner
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(obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.27:
Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
Very.
As adverbs the difference between properly and truly
is that properly is in a proper manner while truly is in accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.properly
English
Alternative forms
* proprelyAdverb
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- Now herkenyth how I bar me properly . — Chaucer.
truly
English
Adverb
(en-adv)- He adds, very truly , that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.
- That is truly all I know.
- Truly , that is all I know.
- You are truly silly.
