wronglywrong‧ly /ˈrɒŋli $ ˈrɒːŋ-/ ●●○ adverb 
Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a brain tumour. His name had been wrongly spelt.2in a way that is unfair or immoral OPP rightly: Human rights organizations maintain that the men have been wrongly convicted. → rightly or wrongly at rightly
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a brain tumor.
- Perrin had wrongly assumed that he would not get caught.
- But, rightly or wrongly, Eden's tenure in Downing Street is remembered as a single-issue premiership.
- His lawyer says he was entrapped by overzealous prosecutors who wrongly characterized campaign contributions as bribes.
- If you accidentally reformat characters wrongly, undo the reformatting straight away.
- In any event, the Richmond City Council has supported its determination that minorities have been wrongly excluded from local construction contracting.
- One imagines, probably quite wrongly, that the moon must be like the wilder areas of Sutherland.
- Rightly or wrongly, it is the latter whom they regarded as the enemy during the war of 1982.
- Sometimes our pictures are so inaccurate that we see a person wrongly or miss him altogether.
- They feel guilty - quite wrongly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You’ve spelled my name wrong.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· This hotel can rightly claim that it has some of the best views on the island.
You’ve spelled my name wrong.· The nightmare of being wrongly accused and convicted of a crime certainly sends shivers down my spine.· When Dorothea Brooke announces to her uncle that Lydgate is being wrongly accused, he cautions her not to take rash action.· All too frequently, Conservative Members are wrongly accused of being anti-local authorities.· The defense contends that linking those dots properly reveals a picture of Simpson as an innocent man wrongly accused.· It left him in a jealous rage and he wrongly accused his 47-year-old wife of having an affair.· Evans was wrongly accused and hanged for murder in the famous Christie case.
· Many people wrongly assume that all they have automatically goes to their loved ones.· Users of financial statements would wrongly assume that such paragraphs are a form of qualification.
· Relatives of the men say they were wrongly convicted, as they had acted in self defence.· Yesterday an appeal court found Nick was wrongly convicted.· Read in studio A police investigation has been launched into claims that two men were wrongly convicted of murder.· If the defendant states he was wrongly convicted, he puts that fact in issue in the civil proceedings.· Colin Oliver never stopped following his favourite team despite being jailed after he was wrongly convicted of manslaughter.
· In my opinion both these cases were wrongly decided.· It evidently included an assertion that the local authority had wrongly decided that he was intentionally homeless.
· Action: Keyword IN-FILE not found or wrongly spelt.· Action: Keyword SELECTED-ISSUE, PREFERRED-ISSUE-IN-FILE or LATEST-ISSUE-IN-FILE not found or wrongly spelt.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Rightly or wrongly, most employees regard annual raises as just cost-of-living increases.
- But, rightly or wrongly, Eden's tenure in Downing Street is remembered as a single-issue premiership.
- His unexpected presence may be interpreted, rightly or wrongly, as a deed deliberately intended to express his courage or defiance.
- Many men believed, whether rightly or wrongly, that the locals could find out about operations before they themselves did.
- Other people concluded, rightly or wrongly, that the problems were limited to vaccine coming from Cutter.
WORD FAMILYadverbwrongwronglywrongfullyadjectivewrongwrongfulnounwrongverbwrong
1not correctly or in a way that is not based on facts OPP rightly: Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a brain tumour. His name had been wrongly spelt.2in a way that is unfair or immoral OPP rightly: Human rights organizations maintain that the men have been wrongly convicted. → rightly or wrongly at rightly