erring
adjective
going astray; in error; wrong.
erringly
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a word derived from
erring.
Example Sentences
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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
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 devotion of such a man," she erringly thought, "might well sanction the weakness of a woman's heart—might well persuade to the momentary error which none will seek more readily to repair than himself.
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
