improperly

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: im=prop=er=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

improperly, adv. 

 In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

improperly

abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, coarsely, confoundedly, crassly, crudely, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly, frightfully, grievously, grossly, hellishly, horribly, incorrectly, indecently, indecorously, indelicately, inelegantly, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, miserably, nakedly, offensively, openly, painfully, piteously, ribaldly, roughly, rudely, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, uncouthly, unduly, unpardonably, unseemly, untastefully, vulgarly, woefully, wrong, wrongfully, wrongly