mistakenly

English

Etymology

From mistaken +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Adverb

mistakenly (not comparable)

  1. Wrongly; erroneously.
    I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there.
    • 2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
    • 2025 April 8, Hanna Park, “A timeline of the legal battle over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court-ordered deadline to return to the US a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, granting the Trump administration additional time to review the case.
  2. By accident; by mistake; in error (without intention to do so).
    Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work.

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