as in incorrectly
in a mistaken or inappropriate way
you have wrongly interpreted this passage in the Bible
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Recent Examples of wrongly
Speculation around Mallinson sparked when X users wrongly matched his photos to footage of a man who was initially apprehended by police at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was shot.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Here's everything to know about Owen's cousin and why she was wrongly accused of cyberbullying.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The former executive said the agency wrongly asked her to access Figueroa’s private messages.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
In 1981, James Reyos, a gay Apache man, was wrongly convicted of murdering a priest.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
In the tradition of so many of the great anti-authority films, Nicholson’s McMurphy is a man who has been wrongly institutionalized in a mental-health facility.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The Salvadoran national, a sheetmetal worker, had been held in custody for months after the administration wrongly deported him to a megaprison in El Salvador.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
The Better Sister also explored a high-profile murder case, though a fictional one, where Biel and Banks' onscreen son, a teenager, was wrongly accused of killing his father (Corey Stoll) — Banks' character's ex-husband, to whom Biel's character was later married.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Many people wrongly believe that this developing country lacks the talent and resources to build successful global businesses.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Here's everything to know about Owen's cousin and why she was wrongly accused of cyberbullying.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The former executive said the agency wrongly asked her to access Figueroa’s private messages.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
In 1981, James Reyos, a gay Apache man, was wrongly convicted of murdering a priest.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
In the tradition of so many of the great anti-authority films, Nicholson’s McMurphy is a man who has been wrongly institutionalized in a mental-health facility.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The Salvadoran national, a sheetmetal worker, had been held in custody for months after the administration wrongly deported him to a megaprison in El Salvador.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
The Better Sister also explored a high-profile murder case, though a fictional one, where Biel and Banks' onscreen son, a teenager, was wrongly accused of killing his father (Corey Stoll) — Banks' character's ex-husband, to whom Biel's character was later married.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Many people wrongly believe that this developing country lacks the talent and resources to build successful global businesses.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongly
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Biologists attempting to diagnose a wild moose based on the visible clinical signs alone could easily confuse these two parasites and incorrectly conclude which parasite may have caused the disease.—
Jessie Richards,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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The department’s computer dispatch system incorrectly auto-populated the address of the caller’s home, prompting officers to respond to the neighbor’s house, according to the statement.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Following the shooting at a Utah university, 4chan mistakenly identified Skye Valadez as the gunman who killed Kirk, who leaves behind a wife and two young children.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many leaders mistakenly assume blockchain transactions are private and end-to-end encrypted, when the opposite is true.—
Josh Hawkins,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Lockwood, who’s been erroneously pegged as an internet bard while managing to craft a literary project that is much bigger than anything Zuckerberg hath wrought, has a new gift for us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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As California rolled out its expansion, the state erroneously billed the federal government for care provided to immigrants without legal status -- details that have not previously been reported and that former state officials shared with KFF Health News and the AP.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Wrongly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongly. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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