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incorrectly

/ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/

incorrectly adverb: in an incorrect manner.

Adverb

incorrectly (comparative more incorrectly, superlative most incorrectly)

  1. In an incorrect manner.
    • I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.
    • In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009.2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26

incorrectly meaning in Urdu and Persian

incorrectly in Urdu

incorrectly
متھیا mithyā

incorrectly in Persian

in an incorrect manner
نادرست nâdorost

Examples of incorrectly in a sentence

  • I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly.
  • Her GP incorrectly referred her to a pulmonologist, overdiagnosing what was clearly a case of subclinical, mild allergy.
  • On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly.

All 31 example sentences with incorrectly

Antonyms of incorrectly

Forms of incorrectly

comparativemore incorrectly
superlativemost incorrectly
alternative abbreviationincorr.

Origin of incorrectly

From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly.

Questions about incorrectly

What does incorrectly mean?
Incorrectly means in an incorrect manner.
What is incorrectly in Urdu?
Incorrectly in Urdu is متھیا (mithyā). See Incorrectly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is incorrectly?
Incorrectly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce incorrectly?
Incorrectly is pronounced /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/.

Words near incorrectly in the dictionary

  1. incorr.
  2. incorrect
  3. incorrected
  4. incorrection
  5. incorrections
  6. incorrectly
  7. incorrectness
  8. incorrectnesses
  9. incorrects
  10. incorrespondence
  11. incorrespondences

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: incorrectly (page history and authors); متھیا (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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