He answered incorrectly.
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Incorrectly
//ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li//
Synonyms for "incorrectly" (9 found)
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Related words (4)
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Translations
25 translations across 19 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- incorrectament adv (in an incorrect manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不正確 /不正确 adv (in an incorrect manner)
Czech
1 entries- nesprávně adv (in an incorrect manner)
Finnish
2 entries- virheellisesti adv (in an incorrect manner)
- väärin adv (in an incorrect manner)
French
1 entries- incorrectement adv (in an incorrect manner)
Galician
1 entries- incorrectamente adv (in an incorrect manner)
German
2 entries- falsch adv (in an incorrect manner)
- unrichtig adv (in an incorrect manner)
Greek
1 entries- λανθασμένα adv (in an incorrect manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- helytelenül adv (in an incorrect manner)
Italian
1 entries- erroneamente adv (in an incorrect manner)
Latin
2 entries- barbare adv (in an incorrect manner)
- perperam adv (in an incorrect manner)
Occitan
1 entries- incorrèctament adv (in an incorrect manner)
Persian
1 entries- نادرست adv (in an incorrect manner)
Polish
1 entries- błędnie adv (in an incorrect manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- incorretamente adv (in an incorrect manner)
Romanian
2 entries- incorect adv (in an incorrect manner)
- în mod incorect adv (in an incorrect manner)
Russian
2 entries- неве́рно adv (in an incorrect manner)
- непра́вильно adv (in an incorrect manner)
Spanish
1 entries- incorrectamente adv (in an incorrect manner)
Walloon
2 entries- flotchreçmint adv (in an incorrect manner)
- nén comifåt adv (in an incorrect manner)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He broke the machine by using it incorrectly.
Source: tatoeba (290669)
In informal, everyday speech, the word "literally" is often used incorrectly as an intensifier.
Source: tatoeba (1955554)
I still haven't received your e-mail. Perhaps you wrote down my e-mail address incorrectly?
Source: tatoeba (2536015)
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