mistakenly

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English

Etymology

From mistaken +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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:
      Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
  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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