as in mistakenly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
people erroneously believed that the disease was contagious
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Recent Examples of erroneously
The White House initially did not dispute that Trump made the post and defended it, before a White House official told USA TODAY that a staffer had erroneously made the post, which was then taken down.
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
After calls for its removal -- including by Republicans -- the White House said a staffer had posted the video erroneously.
—Bill Barrow, Arkansas Online, 7 Feb. 2026
After calls for its removal — including by Republicans — the White House said a staffer had posted the video erroneously.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Entertainment Weekly previously learned that the video was posted erroneously by a White House staffer and has since been taken down.
—Staff Author, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
White House officials later said that the video was erroneously posted by a staffer.
—Matt Brown, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
The White House initially defended the post before a staffer was blamed for erroneously posting it.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth survived a near miss last year after a group of high-level national-security officials erroneously added The Atlantic’s editor in chief to a private Signal group chat, where Hegseth shared military attack plans.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
If an Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy shall be another entry into the Sweepstakes.
—AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Terry Collins, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
After calls for its removal -- including by Republicans -- the White House said a staffer had posted the video erroneously.
—Bill Barrow, Arkansas Online, 7 Feb. 2026
After calls for its removal — including by Republicans — the White House said a staffer had posted the video erroneously.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Entertainment Weekly previously learned that the video was posted erroneously by a White House staffer and has since been taken down.
—Staff Author, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026
White House officials later said that the video was erroneously posted by a staffer.
—Matt Brown, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
The White House initially defended the post before a staffer was blamed for erroneously posting it.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth survived a near miss last year after a group of high-level national-security officials erroneously added The Atlantic’s editor in chief to a private Signal group chat, where Hegseth shared military attack plans.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
If an Entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or destroyed, entrant’s sole remedy shall be another entry into the Sweepstakes.
—AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erroneously
Adverb
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Police initially had said there were six victims at the school but corrected that to five on Wednesday, saying a woman airlifted to the hospital in critical condition was mistakenly counted as being among the dead.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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The caption of the original image mistakenly labeled natural hair as hair extensions.—
Aude Konan,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Amid communication snafus, some residents were incorrectly told their lights were back on.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Missing a filing deadline, incorrectly valuing an asset or failing to list a creditor could result in your case being dismissed or losing property.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Erroneously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erroneously. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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