wrongly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   without justice or fairness

   wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win- Shakespeare

2. 2
   adv

   Incorrectly, mistakenly; by error.

   I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

3. 3
   adv

   in an inaccurate manner

4. 4
   adv

   In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice.

Etymology

From Middle English wrongly, wrongliche, equivalent to wrong + -ly.