wrongly

English

Etymology

wrong +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒŋli/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔŋli/

Adverb

wrongly (comparative more wrongly, superlative most wrongly)

In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly.
Incorrectly; by error.
I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

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".

Synonyms

incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously

Antonyms

correctly, rightly

Translations

In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly

Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisesti
French: à tort (fr)
Italian: a torto (it)
Latin: aliter (la)

Romanian: în mod imoral, în mod injust
Russian: несправедли́во (ru) (nespravedlívo)
Swedish: orättvist (sv)

incorrectly; by error

Catalan: erròniament (ca)
Finnish: virheellisesti (fi), väärin (fi)
French: erronément (fr)
German: fälschlicherweise (de)
Latin: perperam

Polish: błędnie (pl)
Russian: непра́вильно (ru) (neprávilʹno), неве́рно (ru) (nevérno), превра́тно (ru) (prevrátno)
Swedish: felaktigt (sv)

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