APPROPRIATELY | Definition In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of appropriately in English appropriatelyadverb us /əˈproʊ.pri.ət.li/ uk /əˈprəʊ.pri.ət.li/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 in a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion: She didn't think we were appropriately dressed for a wedding. Business leaders who acted appropriately were widely praised. See appropriate

• Both teachers and students responded calmly and appropriately to the fire alarms.
• Oglesby and his wife settled on Ann Arbor's appropriately named Sunnyside Street.
• We expect our fans to behave appropriately, and we expect team personnel to behave appropriately as well.
• It will be chilly in Quebec, so pack appropriately.

Being suitable or unsuitable

• age-barred
• answer
• be made for someone/something idiom
• become
• befit
• behoove
• extravagantly
• face
• fill/fit the bill idiom
• find your own level idiom
• fit
• fit in phrasal verb
• level
• problematic
• someone's face doesn't fit idiom
• suit
• suit someone (right) down to the ground idiom
• topic
• unclubbable
• unsympathetically

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Translations of appropriately

in Chinese (Traditional) 適當地，恰當地, 合適地… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 适当地，恰当地, 合适地… See more in Spanish adecuadamente, de manera adecuada, apropiadamente… See more in Portuguese apropriadamente, adequadamente… See more in Marathi in French in Japanese in Turkish in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish योग्यरीत्या… See more de façon appropriée, convenablement… See more 適切（てきせつ）に… See more uygun şekilde… See more geschikt… See more ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட சூழ்நிலை அல்லது சந்தர்ப்பத்திற்கு ஏற்ற அல்லது சரியான வகையில்… See more उचित ढंग से… See more યોગ્ય રીતે… See more passende… See more passande, lämpligt… See more sesuai… See more angemessen… See more passende… See more مناسب ڈھنگ سے… See more доречно… See more ఒక ప్రత్యేక పరిస్థితికి లేదా సందర్భానికి తగిన విధంగా… See more সঠিকভাবে, এমনভাবে যা একটি নির্দিষ্ট পরিস্থিতি বা উপলক্ষের জন্য উপযুক্ত বা সঠিক… See more vhodně… See more secara semestinya, tepat, pantas… See more อย่างเหมาะสม… See more phù hợp… See more stosownie… See more Need a translator?

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