Adverb

(en adverb)

in a proper manner

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(obsolete) individually; in one's own manner

Now herkenyth how I bar me properly . — Chaucer.

Adverb

(en adverb)

Almost but not quite.

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Without exaggeration.

In essence, but not in fact.

(algebra) Of a substructure of finite index.

(topology) Of a covering space of finite index.