erring
adjective
going astray; in error; wrong.
erringly
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a word derived from
erring.
Example Sentences
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier had faithfully voiced the prevailing will of the people of Canada, whether they willed aright or erringly.
From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Oscar Douglas Skelton
That which we then sought erringly was at least our own free action, an outflow of inward light; we put our whole soul into the sect of the Free Elect.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
I know not in what valley they wander erringly: do they not see that they depart and return not?
From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Inger is sad and down-hearted enough; ay, so erringly faithful that she mourns for him.
From Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
The captiousness of criticism has usually referred to the style of the preceding authors as a standard from which the prevalent style of its contemporaries has erringly diverged.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
