Synonyms of erroneously

erroneously

adverb

as in mistakenly

in a mistaken or inappropriate way

people erroneously believed that the disease was contagious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistakenly
• incorrectly
• inaccurately
• inappropriately
• wrongly
• improperly
• unsuitably
• faultily
• inaptly
• inadequately
• misguidedly
• imperfectly
• insufficiently
• irrelevantly
• pointlessly
• extraneously
• senselessly
• unwisely
• meaninglessly
• amiss
• unsatisfactorily
• undesirably
• fallibly
• foolishly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• properly
• rightly
• correctly
• appropriately
• well
• aptly
• suitably
• fittingly
• right
• perfectly
• infallibly
• sensibly
• meaningfully
• sufficiently
• adequately
• pertinently
• satisfactorily
• acceptably
• wisely
• relevantly
• prudently
• germanely
• sagely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of erroneously

The officer was responding to a mental health crisis call, involving what was erroneously reported as fireworks but turned out to be gunfire, authorities said. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026

The certification for this device was granted erroneously and has been set aside by the FCC and removed from our public database. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026

The Internal Revenue Service decided many nonprofit NIL collectives were erroneously given charitable status. — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

News Channel 5 similarly reported that she was erroneously given potassium in place of numbing medication. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

States are also setting up systems that may not adequately track pregnant and postpartum enrollees who should be exempt from the law’s new work requirements, erroneously dropping them from coverage, Burak’s report said. — Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

In remarks during the Oval Office signing, Trump repeatedly -- and erroneously -- linked the vaccine to autism without evidence. — Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

School district officials have said tax dollars were erroneously used not for an ad, but for another School Board member’s ticket to the Democratic event. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026

The president also has deflected criticism of their impact on consumer prices by claiming erroneously that foreigners pay for them. — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026