Definition of improperly

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Improperly (adv.) In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.

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Amiss :: Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports..
Miscall :: Miscall (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.
Misbear :: Misbear (v. t.) To carry improperly; to carry (one's self) wrongly; to misbehave.
Firstly :: Firstly (adv.) In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
Wraith :: Wraith (n.) Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith..
Intermeddling :: Intermeddling (n.) The act of improperly interfering.
Jurel :: "Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel..
Improperly :: Improperly (adv.) In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
Mismanage :: Mismanage (v. t. & i.) To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs..
Unthriftily :: Unthriftily (adv.) Improperly; unbecomingly.
Mispoint :: Mispoint (v. t.) To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
Devise :: Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
Misderive :: Misderive (v. t.) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..
Unprobably :: Unprobably (adv.) In a manner not to be approved of; improperly.
Misuse :: Misuse (v. t.) To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents..
Meddle :: Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in..
Aisle :: Aisle (n.) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle..
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