Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

wrongly

 adverb
     
wrong‧ly
1 not correctly or in a way that is not based on facts [≠ rightly]:
Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a brain tumour.
His name had been wrongly spelt.
2 in a way that is unfair or immoral [≠ rightly]:
Human rights organizations maintain that the men have been wrongly convicted.

➔ rightly or wrongly

at rightly
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary