wrongly
- a word derived from wrong.
Example Sentences
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Wrongly sanitized by the misleading nomenclature “female circumcision,” these procedures have no positive impacts on health.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2019
Wrongly decided once, it was still on the agenda of the nation as a whole.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018
Wrongly held responsible for a fire in the world's tallest building, former FBI agent and security expert Dwayne Johnson must bring the guilty parties to justice and rescue his family.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2018
Wrongly viewed as a failure because it is not more like Facebook, Twitter risks becoming a failure by trying to become more like Facebook.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2016
Wrongly am I called dame; but I know well that he who calls me dame knows not that I am a maid.
From Cliges; a romance by Gardiner, Laetitia Jane
