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
Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be in court in Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him from the United States.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
His quest for revenge plays with well with his political supporters, who believe he was wrongly targeted by the Biden administration and other Democrats, resulting in his 2024 conviction by a New York jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Inside the Legacy Museum, visitors are surrounded by harrowing evidence, including the newspaper headlines celebrating lynchings and the audio testimonies of the wrongly condemned.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The unitary executive theory suggests that such limits wrongly curtail the powers of the chief executive.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Having asked staff and learned that the actual proposal wouldn't be happening for several hours, Gibson took out his phone and recorded the reactions of multiple people who wrongly believed they were being proposed to.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Community members like Amy Marin-Franco, a former Robb teacher who was wrongly accused of leaving a door to the school open, have for years been pushing for the hallway video’s public release.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
The cost to a believer of wrongly placing faith is trivial, but the cost of disbelieving if God exists could be infinite.
—Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Then just 15 years old, the San Diegan was apparently handcuffed on the streets of the Nestor border community, wrongly and racially profiled.
—Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
His quest for revenge plays with well with his political supporters, who believe he was wrongly targeted by the Biden administration and other Democrats, resulting in his 2024 conviction by a New York jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Inside the Legacy Museum, visitors are surrounded by harrowing evidence, including the newspaper headlines celebrating lynchings and the audio testimonies of the wrongly condemned.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The unitary executive theory suggests that such limits wrongly curtail the powers of the chief executive.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Having asked staff and learned that the actual proposal wouldn't be happening for several hours, Gibson took out his phone and recorded the reactions of multiple people who wrongly believed they were being proposed to.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Community members like Amy Marin-Franco, a former Robb teacher who was wrongly accused of leaving a door to the school open, have for years been pushing for the hallway video’s public release.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
The cost to a believer of wrongly placing faith is trivial, but the cost of disbelieving if God exists could be infinite.
—Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Then just 15 years old, the San Diegan was apparently handcuffed on the streets of the Nestor border community, wrongly and racially profiled.
—Pedro Rios, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongly
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Without catching it, offensive coaches might have incorrectly predicted the defense would play its typical coverage to match their routes.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The cost estimates are based on federal data that incorrectly categorize Madison Area Technical College as a four-year institution.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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On the play Warner got hurt, the 49ers were missing a right defensive end, and coaches mistakenly assumed practice-squad call-up Trevis Gipson stayed on the field to fill that role after racing down on kickoff coverage and making the initial hit on a tackle.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a public statement issued shortly after her arrest, the Department of Homeland Security mistakenly identified her as a Columbia student.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Kelly, the Pennsylvania congressman, was also included in the FBI request, though he was erroneously referred to as a senator.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The story also said erroneously that Stripe took a cut of each transaction.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Wrongly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongly. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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