wrongfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋfəli/

Adverb

wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)

  1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
    • 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:
      If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue []
    • 2002, Joe Borgenicht, The Action Hero's Handbook, Quirk Books, page 36:
      Wrongfully imprisoned action heroes rarely have the time to wait for an appeal.

Translations

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • wrongfullich, wrongffully, wrongefully, wroungfully, wrangfully, wrongfoly, wrongfuli

Etymology

From wrongful + -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈwrɔŋɡfuliː]
  • (later ME) IPA(key): /ˈrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈrɔŋɡfuliː]

Adverb

wrongfully

  1. evilly, sinfully
  2. unfairly, unethically
  3. mistakenly

Descendants

  • English: wrongfully
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