appropriately

American  

[uh-proh-pree-it-lee] / əˈproʊ pri ɪt li /

adverb

1. in a way that is suitable or fitting.

   When working outside, make sure the students are dressed appropriately for the weather.

   The museum should be leading the way paying its own employees appropriately.

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Other Word Forms

• quasi-appropriately
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of appropriately

appropriate ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

appropriately

And, in some areas, it might appropriately act that way.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

“So I’m in appropriately obsessive company for sure.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

For a story about witches who have both the curse to kill something and the ability to resurrect it, reappraising a dead-on-arrival film is appropriately meta.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The workplace is full of Scotts and Saras—people who are judging one another’s emails and work based on their theories of what AI content ought to look like and whether it was used appropriately.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Still, the size of the place makes us pause for a moment, buckets in hand, before searching out an appropriately humble entrance.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Related Words

• accordingly
• aptly
• duly
• judiciously
• justly
• properly