Having been wrongly addressed, the letter never reached him.
Source: tatoeba (28507)
Wrongly
//ˈɹɒŋ.li//
Synonyms for "wrongly" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adverb(2 words)
Strong matches (9)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (15)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- грешно adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- грешно adv (incorrectly; by error)
Catalan
1 entries- erròniament adv (incorrectly; by error)
Danish
2 entries- fejlagtigt adv (incorrectly; by error)
- forkert adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Esperanto
1 entries- malĝuste adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Finnish
3 entries- epäoikeudenmukaisesti adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- virheellisesti adv (incorrectly; by error)
- väärin adv (incorrectly; by error)
French
2 entries- erronément adv (incorrectly; by error)
- à tort adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
German
1 entries- fälschlicherweise adv (incorrectly; by error)
Hungarian
4 entries- helytelenül adv (incorrectly; by error)
- hibásan adv (incorrectly; by error)
- igazságtalanul adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- jogtalanul adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Italian
3 entries- a torto adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- erroneamente adv (incorrectly; by error)
- ingiustamente adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Latin
4 entries- aliter adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- iniūstē adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- perperam adv (incorrectly; by error)
- ūsūrpātīvē adv (incorrectly; by error)
Polish
1 entries- błędnie adv (incorrectly; by error)
Romagnol
1 entries- mêl adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Romanian
2 entries- în mod imoral adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- în mod injust adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Russian
4 entries- неве́рно adv (incorrectly; by error)
- непра́вильно adv (incorrectly; by error)
- несправедли́во adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
- превра́тно adv (incorrectly; by error)
Swedish
2 entries- felaktigt adv (incorrectly; by error)
- orättvist adv (In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If it is wrongly used, the medicine will be a poison.
Source: tatoeba (43549)
That woman has wrongly accused me.
Source: tatoeba (46595)
The letter was wrongly addressed.
Source: tatoeba (46761)
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