Meanings
comparative more wrongly · superlative most 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.
Synonyms: unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally, wrongfully, illicitly, immodestly, immorally
- Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
2 more examples
"The minute I put my nose in that door she was at me for a drop of gin, but having no instructions to supply it, and being strictly teetotal myself, I have not done so, whether rightly or wrongly I leave you to judge, doctor."
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 41In March 2021, Mr. Livingston finally went up for parole after one of the lawyers from Appellate Advocates, De Nice Powell, argued he had been wrongly sentenced in the razor-blade contraband case and got the sentence reduced.
2023 December 20, Maria Cramer, “He Was Wrongly Convicted of Killing Her Father. She Set Out to Free Him.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023Synonyms: incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously · Antonyms: correctly, rightly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn 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.
adverbIncorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
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Origin
- Middle Englishwrongly
- Englishwrongly
From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian грешно, грешно
- грешно (grešno)In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- грешно (grešno)incorrectly; by error
Catalan erròniament
- erròniamentincorrectly; by error
Danish forkert, fejlagtigt
- forkertIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- fejlagtigtincorrectly; by error
Esperanto malĝuste
- malĝusteIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
Finnish epäoikeudenmukaisesti, virheellisesti
- epäoikeudenmukaisestiIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- virheellisestiincorrectly; by error
- väärinincorrectly; by error
French à tort, erronément
- à tortIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- erronémentincorrectly; by error
German fälschlicherweise
- fälschlicherweiseincorrectly; by error
Hungarian jogtalanul, igazságtalanul
- jogtalanulIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- igazságtalanulIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- tévesenincorrectly; by error
- helytelenülincorrectly; by error
- hibásanincorrectly; by error
Italian a torto, ingiustamente
- a tortoIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- ingiustamenteIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- erroneamenteincorrectly; by error
Latin aliter, iniūstē
- aliterIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- iniūstēIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- perperamincorrectly; by error
- ūsūrpātīvēincorrectly; by error
Polish błędnie
- błędnieincorrectly; by error
Romanian în mod imoral, în mod injust
- în mod imoralIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- în mod injustIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
Russian несправедли́во, непра́вильно
- несправедли́во (nespravedlívo)In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- непра́вильно (neprávilʹno)incorrectly; by error
- неве́рно (nevérno)incorrectly; by error
- превра́тно (prevrátno)incorrectly; by error
Swedish orättvist, felaktigt
- orättvistIn an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly
- felaktigtincorrectly; by error
Cite this entry
wrongly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongly
“wrongly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrongly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongly.
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