wrongly

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒŋli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔŋli/

Adverb

wrongly (comparative more wrongly, superlative most wrongly)

1. In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly.
2. Incorrectly; by error.

   I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

Synonyms

• incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously

Antonyms

• correctly, rightly

Usage notes

In American English, this word usually has a moral connotation, however it is not wrong to use "wrongly" as the opposite of "correctly."

Translations

In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly

• Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisesti
• French: à tort (fr)
• Italian: a torto (it)

• Romanian: în mod imoral, în mod injust
• Russian: несправедливо (ru) (nespravedlívo)

incorrectly; by error

• Catalan: erròniament
• Finnish: virheellisesti, väärin (fi)

• Russian: неправильно (ru) (neprávilʹno), неверно (ru) (nevérno), превратно (ru) (prevrátno)