wrongly
adverb uk/ˈrɒŋ.li/ us/ˈrɑːŋ.li/
B2 错误地；不正确地
not correctly
Several people were wrongly convicted. 好几个人被错判有罪。
He even spelled his own client's name wrongly. 他甚至将自己客户的名字都拼错了。
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- The swear word 'bloody' is wrongly thought by some to be a corruption of the words 'by our Lady.'
- Rightly or wrongly, she has been given the post of managing director.
- She sued the paper for damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute.
- I think these items have been rung up wrongly on the till.
- The parcel was wrongly addressed.