incorrectly

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English

Etymology

From incorrect +‎ -ly or in- +‎ correctly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t)li/

Adverb

incorrectly (comparative more incorrectly, superlative most incorrectly)

  1. 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.

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