Synonyms for wrongly
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1. wronglyadverb

   Synonyms:
   erroneously, incorrectly, mistakenly

   Antonyms:
   correctly, rightly

2. wronglyadverb

   In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly.

   Synonyms:
   mistakenly, erroneously, incorrectly

   Antonyms:
   rightly, correctly

3. wronglyadverb

   Incorrectly; by error.

   I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

   Synonyms:
   mistakenly, incorrectly, erroneously

   Antonyms:
   rightly, correctly

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1. wronglyadverb

   without justice or fairness

   "wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win"- Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   incorrectly, wrong

   Antonyms:
   right, correctly, aright

2. incorrectly, wrongly, wrongadverb

   in an inaccurate manner

   "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"

   Synonyms:
   falsely, incorrectly, wrong

   Antonyms:
   correctly, aright, right

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1. wronglyadjective

   Synonyms:
   erroneously, WRONG, amiss

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1. List of paraphrases for "wrongly":

   mistakenly, incorrectly, erroneously, unjustly, unfairly, unduly, wrongfully, falsely, wrong, improperly, inappropriately, unjustifiably, inaccurately

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1. Alexander Baxter:

   I felt like the officers were wrongly getting away with spilling my blood.

2. Tony Blinken:

   And the President, himself, acknowledged The White House's why he did The White House, there was no cause for taking away John Brennan's security clearance other than the fact that John is a critic, and the President associates him, wrongly, with the effort to find out if Russia was involved with meddling in the election and the President was involved, the campaign was involved. So this is a matter of profound principle.

3. Hector Villagra:

   Body cameras won't solve every problem in policing. But having video of police officers' interactions with the public will help hold officers' accountable for misconduct, quickly exonerate officers who are wrongly accused, and help the public understand the powers we give police and how they use them.

4. Joyce Lignell:

   When you engage in DNA testing with 23andMe, you make a choice [about which testing and cost model you prefer], but you make the assumption (wrongly) that this is their business model -- e.g., charge me for a kit and provide the service. But as we’ve discovered, that is not the case. Their actual business model is based upon selling their ever-growing data pool of DNA results to whoever wants to purchase it.

5. China News:

   In the preliminary investigation, the co-pilot was found to be smoking an e-cigarette, smoke diffused into the passenger cabin and relevant air conditioning components were wrongly shut off, without notifying the captain, which resulted in insufficient oxygen.