propiamenteadverb
Propiamente means properly or strictly speaking in English. It is an adverb.
- properly
- strictly speaking
No hay historia propiamente, solo biografía.
There is properly no history; only biography.
Esto no es, propiamente, una novela sino un ensayo.
This is not, properly speaking, a novel but an essay.
Lo que hizo no fue, propiamente, un error sino una decisión.
What he did was not, properly speaking, a mistake but a decision.
El edificio no es, propiamente, un museo, sino una galería privada.
The building is not, properly speaking, a museum, but a private gallery.