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wrongfully, adv.|ˈrɒŋfʊlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a wrong or wrongful manner; wrongly.
1. In a manner contrary to the principles of justice or equity; unjustly, unfairly.
In very frequent use from c 1400 to c 1600.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 414 If þat I consente, I wrong⁓fully Compleyne i-wys. 1382Wyclif Luke iii. 14 He seith to hem, Smyte ȝe wrongfulli no man. c1440Jacob's Well 275 Þou seest gode lyuerys suffere wrongefully. 1474Caxton Chesse i. ii. (1883) 12 He was dampned to deth wrongfully. a1513[see wrong-doer 1]. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. xiv, Not to suffer such treasures to be wrongfully hidden. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I) 121 Justice so exact..that they will not condemn the Devil himself wrongfully. 1697Dryden æneis v. 447 Salius..pleads the prize is wrongfully conferred. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy i. xix, When once a vile name was wrongfully or injudiciously given. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxvi, If he acted wrongfully, it was in no shape by any precept or example. 1893M. Cholmondeley Diana Tempest iv, When a man was wrongfully keeping possession of many thousands.
b. In an illegal or unlawful manner; contrary to the law; unlawfully, illegally, tortiously.
1439E.E. Wills (1882) 119 All maner land that is holden by me or yn my name wrongfully. 1480Coventry Leet Bk. 446 Also the people..hurten the ffysshe in Swanneswel-pole be þeir wasshyng ther, which they don wrongfully. 1554tr. Littleton's Tenures iii. 115 b, Yf a man wrongfully take my goodes. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 231 b, Possessions, which wer from you bothe torciously and wrong⁓fully with holden. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 30 If they possess them [sc. their lands] wrongfully, then ought they to surrender their tytle. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxi. 113 A man might enter in to his own Land, (and dispossesse such as wrongfully possessed it,) by force. 1752–3Act 26 Geo. II, c. 19 §5 Where any such Goods..are wrongfully bought, sold, or concealed. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 4 When [another]..wrongfully detains one's wife, child, or servant. 1810W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 2) II. 1249 Plea, that..because the gate was wrongfully erected across the same, the defendant pulled it down. 1885Sir N. Lindley in Law Rep. 14 Q.B.D. 816 The sons' goods were in this case wrongfully seized.
†2. In an improper fashion; incorrectly. Obs.
1549–50in Pettus Fodinæ Reg. (1670) 91 Where they find any Ground wrought wrongfully by any man, contrary to the right and custom of the Mine. 1551T. Wilson Logike B ij b, Knotty Subtiltees that are bothe false, and wrongfully framed together.
b. Mistakenly; erroneously; falsely.
1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 180 The Governor was right in his Conjecture, and did not suspect them wrongfully. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 123, I am forced to assume, perhaps wrongfully, that [etc.]. |