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wrongfully

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/ˈɹɒŋfəli/
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CMU ARPABET: R AO1 NG F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adv

Meaning 1

In a wrongful manner; unjustly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: badly, improperly, wrongly, illicitly, immodestly, immorally, incontinently, indecently, reprehensibly, unchastely, unseemly, unvirtuously, wickedly, wrongfully

Antonyms: none provided

adverb

Meaning 2

in an unjust or unfair manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed
people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Finnish: oikeudettomasti — unjustly
Finnish: epäoikeudenmukaisesti — unjustly
Hungarian: jogtalanul — unjustly
Hungarian: igazságtalanul — unjustly

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more wrongfully — comparative
most wrongfully — superlative

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Derived: none provided

Related: none provided

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