Synonyms of mistakenly

mistakenly

adverb

as in incorrectly

in a mistaken or inappropriate way

we mistakenly thought that this was our conference room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mistakenly

One—a 1962 uprising in Brunei—had mistakenly been left out of the previous dataset. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Nov. 2026

Many people mistakenly assume rex is only a masculine term, when it was actually applied to any gender. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026

Defending Main Street said its vendor mistakenly spent about $25,000 on anti-Jackson ads in Portland, Oregon, instead of Portland, Maine. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

On election night, her office mistakenly sent an unofficial absentee vote file twice because the first one didn't initially appear to send. — Miles Parks, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

The lawsuit cited examples in other states where the federal government’s data have been proven to mistakenly include thousands of citizens. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026

There's also the possibility that errors in the process could have resulted in crucial emails mistakenly being deleted. — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Apparently, a police department mistakenly issued guidance claiming that officers could post multiple cameras under one permit, a Flock spokesperson told the Post, even though the county required individual permits. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

The filing did concede that some names of citizens could have been mistakenly included. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026