as in incorrectly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
you have wrongly interpreted this passage in the Bible
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Recent Examples of wrongly
The hours-long proceeding focuses on whether jurors might have been wrongly influenced by Hill — and how Toal evaluated that question in 2024.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 13 May 2026
Lipps' defense says she was wrongly accused and later cleared by basic records.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Cal finally told Kayce the truth — that Garrett had been the one to wrongly claim that Roner was dead during the mission — which led Cal to issue a fallback order.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Prejean Boller, a Catholic, contended that she was wrongly ousted for expressing her beliefs.
—Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Prejean Boller, a Catholic, contended she was wrongly ousted for expressing her beliefs.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
Rightly or wrongly, the racing has been exciting.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
After Navarro filed a complaint alleging the work had been wrongly kept from her, a Madrid judge, acting with the support of prosecutors, ordered Spain’s Ministry of Culture to take custody of it citing its potential importance to the country’s historical heritage.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
In a scene that’s reminiscent of a Lenny Bruce routine about a white man and a Black man at a cocktail party, Virginia wrongly assumes that the del Valles are Mexican when in fact Pablo is Chilean and Tania was born in New Mexico.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Bill Chappell, NPR, 13 May 2026
Lipps' defense says she was wrongly accused and later cleared by basic records.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Cal finally told Kayce the truth — that Garrett had been the one to wrongly claim that Roner was dead during the mission — which led Cal to issue a fallback order.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Prejean Boller, a Catholic, contended that she was wrongly ousted for expressing her beliefs.
—Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Prejean Boller, a Catholic, contended she was wrongly ousted for expressing her beliefs.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
Rightly or wrongly, the racing has been exciting.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
After Navarro filed a complaint alleging the work had been wrongly kept from her, a Madrid judge, acting with the support of prosecutors, ordered Spain’s Ministry of Culture to take custody of it citing its potential importance to the country’s historical heritage.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
In a scene that’s reminiscent of a Lenny Bruce routine about a white man and a Black man at a cocktail party, Virginia wrongly assumes that the del Valles are Mexican when in fact Pablo is Chilean and Tania was born in New Mexico.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongly
Adverb
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All 20 of those vendors showed some issue with accuracy or completeness in at least one of these simple tests, including nine that hallucinated patient information, 12 that recorded information incorrectly, and 17 that missed key details about discussed mental health issues.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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Meanwhile, 12 staff members at a Dutch hospital where a hantavirus patient is being treated were told to quarantine after incorrectly handling bodily fluids.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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But security personnel mistakenly attributed that alarm to a herd of deer that was nearby.—
Mead Gruver,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The officers did not say why the crowd seemed hostile to police, but did not disagree when one of the attorneys suggested that people streaming from the bars into gunfire that night may have mistakenly thought that law enforcement started the shooting.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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It had been erroneously reported that Kelce would wear Hilfiger gear as part of his gameday tunnel walk.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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An earlier version of this story erroneously suggested that Weinstein left the courtroom after experiencing chest pains.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Wrongly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongly. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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