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APPROPRIATELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

Example:

I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed

Synonyms:

appropriately; befittingly; duly; fitly; fittingly; properly; suitably

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

inappropriately (in an inappropriate manner)

Pertainym:

appropriate (suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A clinical research associate (CRA) at a site who has the primary responsibility for communications and data related to a specific network in which that site participates Example: Jane Doe is the Primary CRA for ECOG at Mayo; she receives all of the ECOG communications at Mayo and distributes them appropriately.

(Clinical Research Associate, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

With the help of honey-hunters from the local Yao community, Spottiswoode carried out controlled experiments in Mozambique’s Niassa National Reserve to test whether the birds were able to distinguish the call from other human sounds, and so to respond to it appropriately.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The absence of a significant difference in the rate and extent to which the active ingredient or active moiety in pharmaceutical equivalents or pharmaceutical alternatives becomes available at the site of drug action when administered at the same molar dose under similar conditions in an appropriately designed study.

(Bioequivalence, NCI Thesaurus)