Meaning

2 senses
  1. In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.

    несправедли́воnespravedlívo

  2. Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.

    I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

    fälschlicherweise

    непра́вильноneprávilʹno, неве́рноnevérno, превра́тноprevrátno

More definitions
  • without justice or fairness
  • in an incorrect manner

Examples

35 sentences
  1. The letter was wrongly addressed.

    На листі була помилкова адреса.

    deDer Brief war falsch adressiert.

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  2. Tom was wrongly convicted.

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  3. This letter is wrongly addressed.

    deDieser Brief ist falsch adressiert.

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  4. I'm afraid I've addressed the parcel wrongly.

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  5. That woman has wrongly accused me.

    ruЭта женщина незаслуженно меня обвинила.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly:
incorrectly; by error:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
incorrectly; by error:

Origin

From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.

From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.

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Forms

more wrongly, most wrongly
Comparativemore wrongly Lesson
Superlativemost wrongly

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwrong

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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