(adv.) in an improper way; 'he checked whether the wound had healed improperly'.
整理:米歇尔
双语例句
How improperly had she been acting by Harriet! 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
As to your foolishness and awkwardness, my dear Fanny, believe me, you never have a shadow of either, but in using the words so improperly. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
Did you think me speaking improperly, lightly, irreverently on the subject? 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
I did not mean to hurt your feelings, I assure you, said His Grace, perhaps I expressed myself improperly. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
But, upon this account alone, the denomination of barren or unproductive should seem to be very improperly applied to it. 亚当·斯密.国富论.