adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   In a wrongful manner; unjustly.

   "If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]"

Adverb

1. 1
   in an unjust or unfair manner wordnet

Synonyms

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badlyillicitlyimmodestlyimmorallyimproperlyincontinently

Antonyms

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rightfully

Example

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"I think Tom has been wrongfully accused."

Etymology

From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly.

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