wrongly
UK/ˈɹɒŋ.li//ˈɹɔŋ.li/
wrongly adverb: in violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
Adverb
wrongly (comparative more wrongly, superlative most wrongly)
- In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
- Synonyms:
- unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally, wrongfully, illicitly, immodestly, improperly, incontinently, indecently
- Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
- I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
- "The minute I put my nose in that door she was at me for a drop of gin, but having no instructions to supply it, and being strictly teetotal myself, I have not done so, whether rightly or wrongly I leave you to judge, doctor."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 41
- Synonyms:
- incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously
wrongly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
wrongly in Tamil
- முறைகேடாக, தவறாக
wrongly in Urdu
- wrongly
- متھیا mithyā
wrongly in Bengali
- wrongly, improperly
- অযথা ojotha
wrongly in Malayalam
- അബദ്ധമായി, തെറ്റായി
More languagesFewer languages
- wrongly in Sanskrit
- अक्ष्णया akṣṇayā, वृथा vṛthā
Examples of wrongly in a sentence
- The city hall needs to round up all the wrongly parked bikes across the city.
- I decided, rightly or wrongly, not to tell her about the pregnancy.
- Some people wrongly assume that adult baby fetishism is connected to paedophilia.
Synonyms of wrongly
- unfairly
- unjustly
- dishonestly
- immorally
- wrongfully
- illicitly
- immodestly
- improperly
- incontinently
- indecently
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Antonyms
Forms of wrongly
| comparative | more wrongly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wrongly |
Origin of wrongly
From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.
Words formed from wrongly
Questions about wrongly
- What does wrongly mean?
- Wrongly means in violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.
- What is wrongly in Tamil?
- Wrongly in Tamil is முறைகேடாக, தவறாக. See Wrongly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wrongly?
- Wrongly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce wrongly?
- Wrongly is pronounced /ˈɹɒŋ.li/ (UK).
Words near wrongly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wrongly (page history and authors); wrongly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); متھیا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অযথা (Bengali) (page history and authors); wrongly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अक्ष्णया (Sanskrit) (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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