appropriately

/əˈpɹoʊpɹiɪtɫi/ adv B2 ✓

In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.

Word Origin Appropriately comes from Latin ad- 'to' and proprius 'one's own' — so to appropriate something is to make it your own, and doing something appropriately means doing it in a way that's proper to the situation. The same root gives us property, proper, and proprietor. The negative sense of 'taking for oneself' developed later, but the core idea is ownership.

adv In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably. B2 ✓

She dressed appropriately for the formal dinner in a elegant gown.

(副词) 恰当地;适当地;得体地

她穿着得体的晚礼服参加正式晚宴。

(adverbio) apropiadamente; adecuadamente; convenientemente; debidamente [De manera apropiada; correctamente; convenientemente.]

Ella se vistió apropiadamente para la cena formal con un elegante vestido.

(adverbe) convenablement; comme il faut; judicieusement; pertinemment; à propos [D'une manière appropriée, convenable ou adaptée à la situation.]

Elle s'est habillée **appropriately** pour le dîner formel dans une élégante robe.

(Adverb) angemessen; passend; geeignet [Auf eine Weise, die der Situation, den Umständen oder den Erwartungen entspricht; passend.]

Sie kleidete sich **appropriately** für das formelle Dinner in einem eleganten Abendkleid.

(副詞) 適切に;ふさわしい方法で; suitably

彼女は正式な晩餐会にエレガントなドレスを着て、ふさわしい服装をしていた。

(advérbio) apropriadamente; adequadamente; convenientemente; devidamente [De maneira apropriada; propriamente; adequadamente.]

Ela se vestiu adequadamente para o jantar formal com um elegante vestido.

Word parts: ap + propriate + ly

Common collocations

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