wrongwise

comparative more wrongwise · superlative most wrongwise

1. rareIn a wrong way or manner.

   With anie Mark at all; —noe, let him not My Parchment wrongwise fold, nor stamp, nor blot, […]

   1919, The Bookman, volume 48, page 181

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   Being ruffled and the fur of his sensibilities being rubbed wrongwise by Wagner's exasperating din, he said as much to the audience generally from his place in the box.

   1903, Everybody's Magazine, volume 9, page 517

   It is to be feared that even this slight submission by the lofty Mr. Rea rubbed measurably wrongwise the vain fur of his self-love.

   1913, Hearst's Magazine - Volume 23, Issues 4-6, page 831

   “Up one level, follow wrongwise until—here, I'll write out the directions; they're a bit involved.”

   2010, Steven Brust, Iorich, page 65