wrongly
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.
Other meanings
Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
“I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.”
Related words
- rightly or wrongly
Word history
From Middle English "wrongly".
Where this comes from
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