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/ˈɹɒŋ.li/ · adverb
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..
I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
"The minute I put my nose in that door she was at me for a drop of gin, but having no instructions to supply it, and being strictly teetotal myself, I have not done so, whether rightly or wrongly I leave you to judge, doctor."
In March 2021, Mr. Livingston finally went up for parole after one of the lawyers from Appellate Advocates, De Nice Powell, argued he had been wrongly sentenced in the razor-blade contraband case and got the sentence reduced.
Use wrongly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wrongly means 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..
Common synonyms include unfairly, unjustly, dishonestly, immorally.
Possible antonyms include correctly, rightly, right, aright.
I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.
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