Synonyms of wrongly

wrongly

adverb

as in incorrectly

in a mistaken or inappropriate way

you have wrongly interpreted this passage in the Bible

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrongly

Opposing players could have their own grievances as well if they were found to have wrongly missed out on performance bonuses. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026

The woman's attorneys argued that the decision wrongly gives school officials wide latitude to squelch political speech based on their personal ideas of what is vulgar. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned. — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

UTIs cause some older women to suffer delirium and are often wrongly treated for dementia. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

But about 1 in 20 patients progress to severe dengue, a life-threatening turn that tends to strike just as the fever breaks – often around days three to seven, when patients and their families may wrongly assume the worst is over. — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

The patients don't even realize their insurer is being billed wrongly for those services. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Eight of them were deemed to have been ruled wrongly by the on-field officials. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

False allegations are deeply damaging, both to those wrongly accused, and to anyone with a serious and legitimate claim of discrimination. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026