incorrectlyadv.
/ɪnkəˈrɛktli/ In an incorrect manner; erroneously.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb]
wrongc1175
miss?c1225
untruea1350
untrulyc1380
falselya1400
wilsomelyc1420
awrong1430
unpurelyc1460
fallibly1552
erroneously1578
sinistrously1581
wrongously1597
false1598
unproperly1604
incorrectly1611
fallaciously1612
mistakingly1652
foul1683
wrongfully1743
wrongly1755
erringly1815
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Incorrectement, incorrectly, faultily, corruptly.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 345 The latter [inscription], which has been incorrectly printed before, is as follows.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 602 A Latin word endorsed on the back of the indictment was incorrectly spelt.
1884 J. Rae Contemp. Socialism 247 Two important economical changes..which he incorrectly ascribes to the political revolution at the end of last century.
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