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wrongly, adv.|ˈrɒŋlɪ|
Also 4 wrongli, -liche; 5 north. wrangeli, 9 Sc. and north. dial. wrangly.
[f. wrong a. + -ly2. Cf. ON. rangliga, Norw. ranglege; MSw. vranglika, Da. vrangelig.]
1. In a wrong, undue, or inappropriate fashion; unfittingly, improperly. Also Comb.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11069 Aȝens God, he ys nat quyte Þat suffreþ for hys owne profyte Holy cherche wrongly be ȝyue To þo men þat wykkedly lyue. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. vii, So wrongly-consorted a power could not resist the ready minded force of Amphialus. a1830Sir T. Lawrence in Williams Life & Corr. (1831) I. 131, I began life wrongly, I spent more money than I earned, and accumulated debts. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton ix, She..was so afraid of speaking wrongly, that she was silent. 1904Daily Chron. 2 May 5/6 A wrongly-set switch.
b. Inaccurately; incorrectly. Cf. wrongfully adv. 2.
1633[? Ware] Spenser's State Irel. Pref. ¶ 3 b, He deceased at Westminster in the year 1599. (others have it wrongly 1598.) 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xi. §13. 71 Mad Men,..having joined together some Ideas very wrongly,..mistake them for Truths. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 414 The judgement is evidently misstated, or wrongly printed. 1858[see urinometer]. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 735 If any houses have been omitted, or wrongly included under any heading.
c. In an erroneous manner; by mistake or misapprehension; erroneously, mistakenly; = wrongfully adv. 2 b,
1755Johnson, Misbeliever,..one who holds a false religion, or believes wrongly. 1809–14Wordsw. Excurs. v. 508 What sees he but a creature..that yearns, Regrets or trembles, wrongly, or too much; Hopes rashly. 1838James Robber iv, You construe what I have said very wrongly. 1884tr. Lotze's Logic 407 To us, rightly or wrongly, general principles appear rather as [etc.]. 1918Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 147/1 The methods..have, rightly or wrongly, largely fallen into discredit.
2. In an unfair, unjust, or inequitable manner; unjustly, unfairly; = wrongfully adv. 1.
1340Ayenb. 8 And yet zeneȝeþ he more þet deþ oþer porchaceþ ssame oþer harm to oþren wrongliche. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. iv. 92 False puple, That by-gylen good men and greueþ hem wrongliche. c1400Cato's Morals in Cursor M. App. 1672 A-gaine man riȝtwise striue þou in na wise, ne wrangeli him greue. 141926 Pol. Poems 69 To wynne wrongly wele, wod þey gan wede. c1450Myrr. our Ladye ii. 249 Many of them wrongly wandrynge from the ryghtnes of faythe. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxix. ii, Wrongly sett to worke my woe. 1605Shakes. Macb. i. v. 23 Thou..would'st not play false, And yet would'st wrongly winne. 1609Daniel Civ. Wars v. ci, There he had his rightfull punishment, Though wrongly done; and there he lost his head. 1839–40Wordsw. ‘The Roman Consul’ 10 When they by wilful act A single human life have wrongly taken. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre viii, I have been wrongly accused. |