wrongfully

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒŋfəli/

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Adverb

wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)

1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 29, column 2:

     If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue […]

   • 1839, The Christian Observer, volume 38, page 585:

     There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.

   • 2002, Joe Borgenicht, The Action Hero's Handbook, Quirk Books, page 36:

     Wrongfully imprisoned action heroes rarely have the time to wait for an appeal.

Translations

unjustly

• Finnish: oikeudettomasti, epäoikeudenmukaisesti (fi)
• Hungarian: jogtalanul (hu), igazságtalanul (hu)

Anagrams

• fully-grown

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wrongfullich, wrongffully, wrongefully, wroungfully, wrangfully, wrongfoly, wrongfuli

Etymology

From wrongful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈwrɔŋɡfuliː]
• (later ME) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈrɔŋɡfuliː]

Adverb

wrongfully

1. evilly, sinfully
2. unfairly, unethically
3. mistakenly

Descendants

• English: wrongfully