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mistakenly

/mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/

mistakenly adverb: wrongly; erroneously.

Adverb

mistakenly (not comparable)

  1. Wrongly; erroneously.
    • I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there.
    • Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times
  2. By accident; by mistake; in error (without intention to do so).
    • Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work.

mistakenly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic

mistakenly in Tamil

wrongly
தவறாக tavaṟāka, தப்பாக tappāka
by accident
தவறாக tavaṟāka, தவறுதலாக tavaṟutalāka

mistakenly in Urdu

by accident
غلطی سے ġalatī sē

mistakenly in Malayalam

wrongly, in error, erroneously
തെറ്റായി, മൂഢമായി, അബദ്ധവശാൽ, തെറ്റിദ്ധരിച്ച്, ക്രമക്കേടായി, അബദ്ധമായി
accidentally, by accident, inadvertently
അവിചാരിതമായി, യാദൃച്ഛികമായി, മനഃപൂർവ്വമല്ലാതെ, യദൃച്ഛയാ, നിരുദ്ദേശമായി, ബോധപൂർവ്വമല്ലാതെ

mistakenly in Arabic

by accident
خَطَأً ḵaṭaʔan

Origin of mistakenly

From mistaken + -ly.

Questions about mistakenly

What does mistakenly mean?
Mistakenly means wrongly; erroneously.
What is mistakenly in Tamil?
Mistakenly in Tamil is தவறாக (tavaṟāka), தப்பாக (tappāka), தவறுதலாக (tavaṟutalāka). See Mistakenly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mistakenly?
Mistakenly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce mistakenly?
Mistakenly is pronounced /mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/.

Words near mistakenly in the dictionary

  1. mistakelessness
  2. mistaken
  3. mistaken identities
  4. mistaken identity
  5. mistaken windmills for giants
  6. mistakenly
  7. mistakenness
  8. mistakeproof
  9. mistaker
  10. mistakers
  11. mistakes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mistakenly (page history and authors); mistakenly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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