What does wrong-mindedly mean?
Wrong-mindedly means Alternative form of wrongmindedly..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
Alternative form of wrongmindedly..
Much more sweeping were the reforms proposed by Sir Thomas Smith (1568), who understandably but wrong-mindedly wanted letter forms to be “pictures” of speech sounds, that is, to have an iconic relationship to the sounds.
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Wrong-mindedly means Alternative form of wrongmindedly..
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Much more sweeping were the reforms proposed by Sir Thomas Smith (1568), who understandably but wrong-mindedly wanted letter forms to be “pictures” of speech sounds, that is, to have an iconic relationship to the sounds.
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