Dictionary

incorrectly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/

Etymology

From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly.

Meanings

1. In an incorrect manner.
   • In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009. 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26:
   • I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.
   • A RIF notice received by one FDA employee on Tuesday included performance ratings that were incorrectly low, meaning the severance pay offered was lower than it would be for the ratings they previously received, the employee told CNN. 2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN:

Forms

Antonyms

correctly

Translations (27)

es incorrectamente (in an incorrect manner) · ro în mod incorect (in an incorrect manner) · oc incorrèctament (in an incorrect manner) · pl błędnie (in an incorrect manner) · ru неве́рно (in an incorrect manner) · wa flotchreçmint (in an incorrect manner) · fa نادرست (in an incorrect manner) · pt incorretamente (in an incorrect manner) · de falsch (in an incorrect manner) · gl incorrectamente (in an incorrect manner) · cs nesprávně (in an incorrect manner) · it erroneamente (in an incorrect manner) · taa yuyge' (in an incorrect manner) · la perperam (in an incorrect manner) · la barbare (in an incorrect manner) · hu helytelenül (in an incorrect manner) · ca incorrectament (in an incorrect manner) · el λανθασμένα (in an incorrect manner) · de unrichtig (in an incorrect manner) · wa nén comifåt (in an incorrect manner) · fi väärin (in an incorrect manner) · fr incorrectement (in an incorrect manner) · uk непра́вильно (in an incorrect manner) · fi virheellisesti (in an incorrect manner) · ro incorect (in an incorrect manner) · cmn 不正確 /不正确 (in an incorrect manner) · ru непра́вильно (in an incorrect manner)