Vai al contenuto
OneKitly

wrongly

avverbioattestato nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//ˈɹɒŋ.li//
  • Stati Uniti//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.

avverbio

  1. 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. 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.

Etimologia

From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.

Forme

comparativo
more wrongly
superlativo
most wrongly
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

Posizione tra le parole del corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — sottotitoli di film e serie, quindi lingua parlata e non scritta (CC BY-SA 3.0).