EGAVE

wrongly

About 2.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb 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.
  2. adverb Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
    I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

Similar words

incorrectly illegally illegitimately illicitly unlawfully misleadingly falsely deceitfully error amiss

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attributed accused interpreted called decided assumed in and used

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