Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Wrongly; erroneously.

    I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there.

    irrtümlich

  2. (not comparable)By accident; by mistake; in error (without intention to do so).

    Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work.

    aus Versehen, versehentlich

    оши́бочноošíbočno, по оши́бкеpo ošíbke

More definitions
  • in a mistaken or erroneous manner

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Tom mistakenly informed everyone that I had died.

    Том помилково поінформував усіх, що я помер. — deniko

  2. I think I mistakenly deleted that file.

    ruЯ думаю, что ошибочно удалил тот файл. — Lenin_1917

    deIch glaube, ich habe die Datei aus Versehen gelöscht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom mistakenly ate his entree with his salad fork.

  4. I think I mistakenly sent that email to Tom.

    deIch glaube, ich habe den Netzbrief aus Versehen Tom geschickt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom mistakenly got on the bus headed for Boston.

    ruТом случайно сел в автобус, идущий в Бостон. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 2
wrongly:
by accident:

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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