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English
Etymology
From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋ.li/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔŋ.li/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑŋ.li/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒŋli, (General American) -ɔŋli, (cot–caught merger) -ɑŋli
Adverb
wrongly (comparative more wrongly, superlative most wrongly)
- In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
- Synonyms: unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally, wrongfully; see also Thesaurus:unvirtuously
- Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
- Synonyms: incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously
- Antonyms: correctly, rightly
- I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
- 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 41:
- "The minute I put my nose in that door she was at me for a drop of gin, but having no instructions to supply it, and being strictly teetotal myself, I have not done so, whether rightly or wrongly I leave you to judge, doctor."
- 2023 December 20, Maria Cramer, “He Was Wrongly Convicted of Killing Her Father. She Set Out to Free Him.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 December 2023:
- In March 2021, Mr. Livingston finally went up for parole after one of the lawyers from Appellate Advocates, De Nice Powell, argued he had been wrongly sentenced in the razor-blade contraband case and got the sentence reduced.
Usage notes
In American English, this word usually has a moral connotation, although it is not wrong to use "wrongly" as the opposite of "correctly".
Derived terms
Translations
In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
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incorrectly; by error
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