English Explanatory Dictionary

wrongfully

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɒŋfəli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wrongfully.wav

Word forms

wrongfully more wrongfully most wrongfully

Etymology

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

Synonyms

badly improperly wrongly illicitly immodestly immorally incontinently indecently reprehensibly unchastely unseemly unvirtuously wickedly wrongfully
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