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

Knox returned to the United States in 2011, after being freed by the appeals court in Perugia, and has since established herself as a global campaigner for the wrongly convicted. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors secured a prison sentence for Lopez for alleged fraud, but in the appeals process, a judge ruled that she had been wrongly convicted. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors responded Monday that the defense had wrongly implicated the district attorney's office in decisions made by the Office of Court Administration. — Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

In the lawsuit, Kuhn claimed she was wrongly accused of misconduct detrimental to her reputation. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026

Palo Alto police confirmed the 49ers coach was at fault and said a clerical error led a state database to wrongly blame the other driver, a 21-year-old woman. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

But that view wrongly supposes that Abundance was meant to be its own electoral lane. — Ryder Kessler, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Her lawyers argue that the judge wrongly assessed the effect of the posts, underestimated the seriousness of the meanings conveyed and erred in accepting Wilson’s substantial-truth defense. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2026

People get denied benefits, misrouted or wrongly flagged, and no breach ever triggers an alarm. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026