wrongly
adverb/ˈrɒŋli/
/ˈrɔːŋli/
- in a way that is not right or correct
- He assumed, wrongly, that she did not care.
- The sentence had been wrongly translated.
- She was wrongly diagnosed as having skin cancer.
- Rightly or wrongly, they felt they should have been better informed (= I do not know whether they were right to feel this way).
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- in a way that is not fair or not morally right
- She was wrongly accused of stealing.
- They knew they had acted wrongly.
Which Word? wrong / wrongly / wrongfullywrong / wrongly / wrongfully- In informal language wrong can be used as an adverb instead of wrongly, when it means ‘incorrectly’ and comes after a verb or its object:
- My name was spelt wrong.
- I’m afraid you guessed wrong.
- My name was wrongly spelt.
- She guessed wrongly that he was a teacher.
- Wrongfully is usually used in a formal legal situation with words like convicted, dismissed and imprisoned.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWrongly is used with these verbs:- accuse
- act
- advise
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