Usage examples of "proprement" in French with translation to English

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Si la porte n'est pas bien ajustée, il te faudra poncer un peu le bois jusqu'à ce qu'elle se ferme proprement. If the door doesn't fit, you might have to shave off a bit of the wood until it closes properly.

Elle ne l'a à proprement parler pas du tout trouvé bien, mais elle n'a rien dit. Strictly speaking, she didn't like it at all, but she didn't say a thing.

Pouvez-vous me les envelopper proprement ? Can you wrap these neatly for me?

Contrairement à mes attentes, ils étaient proprement antipatriotiques et irrespectueux. Contrary to my expectations, they were actually quite unpatriotic and irreverent.

L'Angleterre proprement dite n'englobe pas le pays de Galles. England proper does not include Wales.

C'est proprement ne valoir rien que de n'être utile à personne. Not being useful to anyone is simply being worthless.

À la famille des corbeaux appartiennent le corbeau proprement dit, la corneille et la pie. To the crow family belong the raven, the rook and the magpie.

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