Exactly
Properly
Properly adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
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- He still gets massively injured since he didn't have time to do it properly (doesn't exactly mix well with a diving save), but he survives.
Source: Negate Your Own Sacrifice - Also in the anime when he fights Shura, Kenshin is hit by a poisoned dart and can't exactly see properly or stand up straight.
Source: You Can Barely Stand - Properly Paranoid/The Cuckoolander Was Right: Ray was right to be paranoid about his father; although he didn't exactly figure out his true motives or nature (he thought Caleb was an alien), he was correct in guessing that he was planning something bad.
Source: Series / Resurrection
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