adv
Meaning 1
In an erroneous manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
erroneously
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪˈɹəʊnɪəsli/
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CMU ARPABET: EH0 R OW1 N IY0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Incorrectly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a mistaken manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he mistakenly believed it
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mistakenly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English erroneous Middle English -ly English -ly English erroneously From erroneous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: erròniament — in an erroneous manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤地 /错误地 (cuòwù de) — in an erroneous manner
- Finnish: virheellisesti — in an erroneous manner
- French: par erreur — in an erroneous manner
- French: à tort — in an erroneous manner
- French: erronément — in an erroneous manner
- French: faitivement — in an erroneous manner
- Galician: erroneamente — in an erroneous manner
- Georgian: მცდარად (mcdarad) — in an erroneous manner
- Georgian: შეცდომით (šecdomit) — in an erroneous manner
- Georgian: არასწორად (arasc̣orad) — in an erroneous manner
- German: irrtümlicherweise — in an erroneous manner
- German: fälschlicherweise — in an erroneous manner
- Italian: erroneamente — in an erroneous manner
- Japanese: 誤って (ayamatte) — in an erroneous manner
- Portuguese: erroneamente — in an erroneous manner
- Russian: оши́бочно (ošíbočno) — in an erroneous manner
- Russian: по оши́бке (po ošíbke) — in an erroneous manner
- Spanish: erróneamente — in an erroneous manner
- Swedish: felaktigt — in an erroneous manner
- Walloon: flotchreçmint — in an erroneous manner
Real reading context