properly Copy link Outline I. Strictly, in strict senseII. Fitly, rightly • properly: I. Strictly, in strict sense: propriē: Cic. Off. 3, 3, 13 (proprie vereque): Gell. II. Fitly, rightly: aptē, rectē, commŏdē: v. rightly, well. Phr.: you have not acted p., non te dignum fecisti, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 25; *non quod decuit fecisti.