wrongfully
English
Etymology
From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋfəli/
Adverb
wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)
- 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
unjustly
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Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wrongfullich, wrongffully, wrongefully, wroungfully, wrangfully, wrongfoly, wrongfuli
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈwrɔŋɡfuliː]
- (later ME) IPA(key): /ˈrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈrɔŋɡfuliː]
Descendants
- English: wrongfully
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