erringlyadv.
/ˈəːrɪŋli/ In an erring manner, in the senses of the verb.
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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
1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone Ded. p. xi He serves the Muses erringly and ill, Whose aim is pleasure light and fugitive.
1835 New Monthly Mag. 44 69 That army, like a rudderless bark, floats erringly.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 209 A standard from which the prevalent style of its contemporaries has erringly diverged.
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