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
In a brief order, Manhattan Federal Judge Kevin Castel said the prosecutor’s office must also inform ICE officials, the agency’s legal team, and others to preserve all past, present and future communications about a May 2025 memo wrongly used to justify arresting people in immigration courts.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Attorney Brock Hunter said Lewis, his client, was wrongly swept up in this situation and that this was a case of mistaken identity.
—Ubah Ali, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Alexandre Dumas’s novel of identity and revenge gets a big-budget remake with Sam Claflin starring as Edmond Dantès, a sailor wrongly imprisoned in an island fortress who, after his escape and subsequent treasure finding, plots his vengeance.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
After all, only a decade has passed since Dantès was wrongly convicted.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Last year, the county sued NaphCare for its alleged role in the death of Brandon Yates, who was murdered in the Central Jail in 2024 after being wrongly placed into a cell with a violent offender.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Wright's comments come after a post on his social media account wrongly claimed on Tuesday that the Navy had escorted a tanker through the strait.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
The moves were a complete departure from last year, when the Rams wrongly gambled that a young and aggressive pass rush could offset their decision to not make a single upgrade to the secondary.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Salerno suggests that several documents in the first few hundred years after Michelangelo's death correctly attribute the work to the artist but that in 1984 a scholar debunked it, erroneously in her view, and it has remained wrongly attributed ever since.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Attorney Brock Hunter said Lewis, his client, was wrongly swept up in this situation and that this was a case of mistaken identity.
—Ubah Ali, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Alexandre Dumas’s novel of identity and revenge gets a big-budget remake with Sam Claflin starring as Edmond Dantès, a sailor wrongly imprisoned in an island fortress who, after his escape and subsequent treasure finding, plots his vengeance.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
After all, only a decade has passed since Dantès was wrongly convicted.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Last year, the county sued NaphCare for its alleged role in the death of Brandon Yates, who was murdered in the Central Jail in 2024 after being wrongly placed into a cell with a violent offender.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Wright's comments come after a post on his social media account wrongly claimed on Tuesday that the Navy had escorted a tanker through the strait.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
The moves were a complete departure from last year, when the Rams wrongly gambled that a young and aggressive pass rush could offset their decision to not make a single upgrade to the secondary.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Salerno suggests that several documents in the first few hundred years after Michelangelo's death correctly attribute the work to the artist but that in 1984 a scholar debunked it, erroneously in her view, and it has remained wrongly attributed ever since.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongly
Adverb
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The sink valves were incorrectly connected, causing continuous pressure and risk of cross-contamination between the chemical dispenser and potable water.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Calculus relies on the notions of infinity and infinitely small quantities (called infinitesimals), but Newton and Leibniz defined these concepts in vague geometric terms; used incorrectly, their formulas could lead to nonsensical calculations, like division by zero.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The Libyan governmental body also mistakenly reported that the tanker had sunk.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who had been living in Maryland with his family, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Pitch reported in 2003 that the state had affirmed that King’s record was clean, and the charges were erroneously linked to his name.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright erroneously posted — and then deleted — a message that the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the strait near Iran, only for the White House to concede no operation had occurred.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Wrongly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongly. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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