incorrectly

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/ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/

adverb

In an incorrect manner.

“I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

adverbincorrectly (comparative more incorrectly, superlative most incorrectly)

comparative more incorrectly · superlative most incorrectly · alternative abbreviation incorr.

  1. In an incorrect manner.

    I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.

    2 more examples

    In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009.

    2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26

    A RIF notice received by one FDA employee on Tuesday included performance ratings that were incorrectly low, meaning the severance pay offered was lower than it would be for the ratings they previously received, the employee told CNN.

    2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

adverbin a false manner

Similar

adverbin an incorrect manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan incorrectament
  • incorrectamentin an incorrect manner
Chinese Mandarin 不正確 /不正确
  • 不正確 /不正确 (bùzhèngquè)in an incorrect manner
Czech nesprávně
  • nesprávněin an incorrect manner
Finnish väärin, virheellisesti
  • väärinin an incorrect manner
  • virheellisestiin an incorrect manner
French incorrectement
  • incorrectementin an incorrect manner
German unrichtig, falsch
  • unrichtigin an incorrect manner
  • falschin an incorrect manner
Greek λανθασμένα
  • λανθασμένα (lanthasména)in an incorrect manner
Hungarian helytelenül
  • helytelenülin an incorrect manner
Italian erroneamente
  • erroneamentein an incorrect manner
Latin barbare, perperam
  • barbarein an incorrect manner
  • perperamin an incorrect manner
Persian نادرست
  • نادرست (nâdorost)in an incorrect manner
Polish błędnie
  • błędniein an incorrect manner
Portuguese incorretamente
  • incorretamentein an incorrect manner
Romanian incorect, în mod incorect
  • incorectin an incorrect manner
  • în mod incorectin an incorrect manner
Russian неве́рно, непра́вильно
  • неве́рно (nevérno)in an incorrect manner
  • непра́вильно (neprávilʹno)in an incorrect manner
Spanish incorrectamente
  • incorrectamentein an incorrect manner
Ukrainian непра́вильно
  • непра́вильно (neprávylʹno)in an incorrect manner

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Cite this entry
APA

incorrectly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorrectly

MLA

“incorrectly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorrectly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incorrectly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorrectly.

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