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wrongly

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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wrongly (comparative more wrongly, superlative most wrongly)

  1. In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally, wrongfully; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
  2. Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
    I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
    • 2023 December 20, Maria Cramer, “He Was Wrongly Convicted of Killing Her Father. She Set Out to Free Him.”, in The New York Times[1]:
      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

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In American English, this word usually has a moral connotation, although it is not wrong to use "wrongly" as the opposite of "correctly".

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