wrongly
Adverbin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɹɒŋ.li//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɹɔŋ.li//
- //ˈɹɑŋ.li//
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.
Adverb
- 1
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.
- 2
Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.
I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
"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."
In 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.
Herkunft
From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more wrongly
- Superlativ
- most wrongly
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