wrongly
65
2.7
- adverb
- /ˈrɔŋli/
:
erróneamente
- The fallen soldier had been wrongly identified.
- rightly or wrongly
- wrongly assume
- wrongly believe
That if you make this decision wrongly, you die.
- That if you make this decision wrongly, you die.
- Fight, if you're wrongly accused, right, you should fight.
- What about people who are innocent, wrongly convicted?
- She met with President Trump and she got some like one of these wrongly convicted people out of prison.
- It's actually our fault for, you know, valuing them wrongly.
- But it turns out this was an error by the government data department who wrongly labelled these variants.
- We're going through this with the support for the wrongly accused and, and of abuse victims.
- His deep conviction that justice must be done has undone convictions of the wrongly accused.
Examples
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What about people who are innocent, wrongly convicted?
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If that basic state is wrongly chosen, the whole theory must fall.
Academic text (2012) -
That if you make this decision wrongly, you die.
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Who are those individuals who are treated wrongly here by that distribution of risk?
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I was wrongly accused of blowing up a toilet.
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While this may seem low, the stakes are high for a wrongly accused defendant.
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Justice may have been served, but many of the wrongly convicted carry a burden that's hard to shake.
Academic text (2011) -
At last, the shah reversed course, acknowledging he had wrongly pushed too fast.
Academic text (2008) -
And she wondered what he'd done, or had been wrongly convicted of doing, to warrant a death sentence.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many people felt that the man was wrongly accused of theft without any evidence.
Synonyms
85
1.8
In a way that treats people or things differently and not right
83
3.5
In a way that is not true or correct
57
1.7
In the wrong way
55
3.1
In a wrong way because someone made an error
49
3.4
In a way that is wrong or not suitable for the situation
25
5.2
In an unfair way
24
4.6
In a way that is unfair or against the law
12
6.7
In a mistaken way
11
4.1
In a way that is unfair or much too extreme
7
4.2
In a way that is not correct or exact
2
1.0
In a way that is not correct
2
7.0
In a way that has no good reason
1
7.0
In a way that is not fair and not earned
1
8.0
In a wrong or wandering way that strays from what is expected
1
8.0
In a way that is not fair or right
1
8.0
In a way that treats people unfairly
1
8.2
Without a good reason or any right to do it
In a way that is very unfair and morally wrong
In a way that is wrong or unfair
In a way that has no good reason
In a way someone gets praise or reward they do not earn
In a wrong or broken way
Antonyms
How Wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wrongly comes from wrong + -ly. Wrong once meant 'crooked' or 'twisted' and now means 'not right', the opposite of right, so to do something wrongly is to do it 'not right' or unfairly.