Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wrongly
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɔŋli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wrongly
    Meaning: without justice or fairness; "wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win"- Shakespeare
  • Synonyms: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong
    Meaning: in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"
Usage examples
  • 'Perhaps I have been wrongly informed.
  • "No doubt I stated my inquiry wrongly," Kane said grimly.
  • "Of whom else could it be, then? for that poor fellow was, wrongly enough, the object of your jealousy, and I thought--"
  • "In herself I like Lydia as little as ever I did, but I think we have suspected her wrongly in being connected with this conspiracy, so I wish to help her if possible.
  • But the strongest of all the arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place.
  • He had not served this mandate on himself; he had not taken it; it had been offered to him, and he had accepted it; convinced, wrongly, to be sure, but convinced nevertheless, that the offer was in accordance with right and that the acceptance of it was in accordance with duty.