{
    "term": "properly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in a way that is correct and/or appropriate",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How much money do we need to do the job properly?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The television isn't **working properly**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was put on a ventilator to help her lungs **function properly**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure the letter is properly addressed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Businesses should ensure that staff are **properly trained** in how to use new systems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Paine believed that 'Liberty, **properly understood**, consists in the power of doing whatever does not injure another.'"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "in a way that is socially or morally acceptable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You acted perfectly properly in approaching me first."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When will these kids learn to behave properly?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "really; in fact",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The subject is not, **properly speaking** *(= really)*, a science."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒpəli/",
                "audio": "pr/properly/properly__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːpərli/",
                "audio": "pr/properly/properly__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}