wrongly

English

Etymology

wrong +‎ -ly

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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously

Antonyms

• correctly, rightly

Translations

In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly

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

• Romanian: în mod imoral, în mod injust
• Russian: несправедли́во (ru) (nespravedlívo)
• Swedish: orättvist (sv)

incorrectly; by error

• Catalan: erròniament (ca)
• Finnish: virheellisesti (fi), väärin (fi)
• French: erronément (fr)
• Latin: perperam

• Polish: błędnie (pl)
• Russian: непра́вильно (ru) (neprávilʹno), неве́рно (ru) (nevérno), превра́тно (ru) (prevrátno)
• Swedish: felaktigt (sv)