mistakedly

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Adverb[edit]

mistakedly (not comparable)

  1. Archaic form of mistakenly.
    • 1918, Supreme Court, page 71:
      Next he assumed, again mistakedly, the capital was limited to $ 35,000.00, overlooking the fact that it had to be increased with the expansion of the business []
    • 1922, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs, Claims Against Certain Chippewa Bands: Hearing...H.R. 6872, page 5:
      I found that over 600,000 acres, much of it containing valuable stands of timber, as fine stands as could be found within the State of Minnesota, had been patented to the State of Minnesota supposedly or mistakedly under the general swamp-land donation act.

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