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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in an incorrect manner;
- Example: "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"
[syn: falsely, incorrectly]

2. in an inaccurate manner;
- Example: "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"
- Example: "she guessed wrong"
[syn: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Incorrectly \In`cor*rect"ly\, adv. Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incorrectly adv 1: in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely" [syn: falsely, incorrectly] 2: in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" [syn: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong] [ant: aright, correctly, right]