wrongly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb without justice or fairness
    • wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win"- Shakespeare
  2. adverb in an inaccurate manner
    wrong; incorrectly.
    • he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
    • she guessed wrong

WordNet


Wrong"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak.

Webster 1913