misunderstandingly

adverb

So as to misunderstand.

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Meanings

adverbmisunderstandingly (comparative more misunderstandingly, superlative most misunderstandingly)

comparative more misunderstandingly · superlative most misunderstandingly

  1. So as to misunderstand.

    “But you read him misunderstandingly when you conclude that the struggle for existence sanctions your wanton destruction of life.”

    1904, Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Origin

From misunderstanding + -ly.

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misunderstandingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misunderstandingly

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“misunderstandingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misunderstandingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misunderstandingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misunderstandingly.

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