wrongfully
/ˈɹɒŋfəli/
wrongfully adverb: in a wrongful manner; unjustly.
Adverb
wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)
- In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
- If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
- There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.1839, The Christian Observer, volume 38, page 585
- Synonyms:
- badly, improperly, wrongly, illicitly, immodestly, immorally, incontinently, indecently, reprehensibly, unchastely
wrongfully meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Gujarati
wrongfully in Urdu
- غلطی سے, حق نا حق
wrongfully in Malayalam
- തെറ്റായി
wrongfully in Gujarati
- wrongfully
- નાહક nāhak
Synonyms of wrongfully
- badly
- improperly
- wrongly
- illicitly
- immodestly
- immorally
- incontinently
- indecently
- reprehensibly
- unchastely
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Forms of wrongfully
| comparative | more wrongfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wrongfully |
Origin of wrongfully
From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly.
Questions about wrongfully
- What does wrongfully mean?
- Wrongfully means in a wrongful manner; unjustly.
- What is wrongfully in Urdu?
- Wrongfully in Urdu is غلطی سے, حق نا حق. See Wrongfully meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is wrongfully?
- Wrongfully is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce wrongfully?
- Wrongfully is pronounced /ˈɹɒŋfəli/.
Words near wrongfully in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wrongfully (page history and authors); wrongfully (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wrongfully (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); નાહક (Gujarati) (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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