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Mistakenly

//mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Wrongly; erroneously. not-comparable

    "I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there."

  2. 2
    By accident; by mistake; in error (without intention to do so). not-comparable

    "Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a mistaken or erroneous manner wordnet

Etymology

From mistaken + -ly.

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