adv
Meaning 1
In an incorrect manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incorrectly
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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/ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K ER0 EH1 K T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an inaccurate manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
- she guessed wrong
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrongly, wrong
Antonyms: correctly
adverb
Meaning 3
in an incorrect manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: falsely
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: incorrectament — in an incorrect manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 不正確 /不正确 (bùzhèngquè) — in an incorrect manner
- Czech: nesprávně — in an incorrect manner
- Finnish: väärin — in an incorrect manner
- Finnish: virheellisesti — in an incorrect manner
- French: incorrectement — in an incorrect manner
- Galician: incorrectamente — in an incorrect manner
- German: unrichtig — in an incorrect manner
- German: falsch — in an incorrect manner
- Greek: λανθασμένα (lanthasména) — in an incorrect manner
- Hungarian: helytelenül — in an incorrect manner
- Italian: erroneamente — in an incorrect manner
- Latin: barbare — in an incorrect manner
- Latin: perperam — in an incorrect manner
- Lower Tanana: yuyge' — in an incorrect manner
- Occitan: incorrèctament — in an incorrect manner
- Persian: نادرست (nâdorost) — in an incorrect manner
- Polish: błędnie — in an incorrect manner
- Portuguese: incorretamente — in an incorrect manner
- Romanian: incorect — in an incorrect manner
- Romanian: în mod incorect — in an incorrect manner
- Russian: неве́рно (nevérno) — in an incorrect manner
- Russian: непра́вильно (neprávilʹno) — in an incorrect manner
- Spanish: incorrectamente — in an incorrect manner
- Ukrainian: непра́вильно (neprávylʹno) — in an incorrect manner
- Walloon: nén comifåt — in an incorrect manner
- Walloon: flotchreçmint — in an incorrect manner
Real reading context