wrongfully en · ADV
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɹɒŋfəli/
Etymology
From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly.
Meanings
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In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 29, column 2:Wrongfully imprisoned action heroes rarely have the time to wait for an appeal.
2002, Joe Borgenicht, The Action Hero's Handbook, Quirk Books, page 36:There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.
1839, The Christian Observer, volume 38, page 585:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most wrongfully | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more wrongfully | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
wrongly · reprehensibly · illicitly · incontinently · unchastely · improperly · wickedly · immorally · unseemly · indecently · wrongly · badly · improperly · wrongfully · unvirtuously · immodestly
Translations (4)
hu jogtalanul (unjustly) · hu igazságtalanul (unjustly) · fi oikeudettomasti (unjustly) · fi epäoikeudenmukaisesti (unjustly)