improperly

1. 1.

   in an improper way

   “he checked whether the wound had healed improperly”

   Antonymsproperly

Questions about improperly

What does improperly mean?

improperly means "in an improper way".

How many syllables are in improperly?

improperly has 4 syllables: im-pro-per-ly. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹɑpɚli/.

What is the opposite of improperly?

The recorded antonyms are properly.

Is improperly a common word?

improperly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with improperly?

1 word rhymes with improperly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.