wrong-mindedly en · ADV
Etymology
From wrong-minded + -ly.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wrongmindedly.
alt of wrongmindedly
Much more sweeping were the reforms proposed by Sir Thomas Smith (1568), who understandably but wrong-mindedly wanted letter forms to be “pictures” of speech sounds, that is, to have an iconic relationship to the sounds.
2011, C.M. Millward, Mary Hayes, A Biography of the English Language, →ISBN, page 229:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more wrong-mindedly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most wrong-mindedly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |