incorrectly
English
Etymology
From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t)li/
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Adverb
incorrectly (comparative more incorrectly, superlative most incorrectly)
- In an incorrect manner.
- I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.
- 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26:
- In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009.
- 2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN[1]:
- A RIF notice received by one FDA employee on Tuesday included performance ratings that were incorrectly low, meaning the severance pay offered was lower than it would be for the ratings they previously received, the employee told CNN.
Antonyms
Translations
in an incorrect manner
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