Meanings
comparative more erroneously · superlative most erroneously
- In an erroneous manner.
- Incorrectly.
1 more example
White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly on Thursday erroneously claimed that Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida, claimed credit for securing “$20 million” in federal funding to build a new FBI field office in Miami in 2015, according to a video of the dedication ceremony posted Friday by the Sun Sentinel.
2017 October 20, Jeremy Diamond, “Kelly erroneously claimed congresswoman took credit for building funding, video shows”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a mistaken or erroneous manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan erròniament
- erròniamentin an erroneous manner
Chinese Mandarin 錯誤地 /错误地
- 錯誤地 /错误地 (cuòwù de)in an erroneous manner
Finnish virheellisesti
- virheellisestiin an erroneous manner
French par erreur, à tort
- par erreurin an erroneous manner
- à tortin an erroneous manner
- erronémentin an erroneous manner
- faitivementin an erroneous manner
German irrtümlicherweise, fälschlicherweise
- irrtümlicherweisein an erroneous manner
- fälschlicherweisein an erroneous manner
Italian erroneamente
- erroneamentein an erroneous manner
Japanese 誤って
- 誤って (ayamatte)in an erroneous manner
Portuguese erroneamente
- erroneamentein an erroneous manner
Russian оши́бочно, по оши́бке
- оши́бочно (ošíbočno)in an erroneous manner
- по оши́бке (po ošíbke)in an erroneous manner
Spanish erróneamente
- erróneamentein an erroneous manner
Swedish felaktigt
- felaktigtin an erroneous manner
Cite this entry
erroneously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erroneously
“erroneously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erroneously. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erroneously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erroneously.
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