wrongly

1. 1.

   without justice or fairness

   “wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win”
2. 2.

   in an inaccurate manner

   “he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly”

   “she guessed wrong”

   Synonymsincorrectlywrong

   Antonymsright

Questions about wrongly

What does wrongly mean?

wrongly means "without justice or fairness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wrongly?

wrongly has 2 syllables: wron-gly. The stress falls on "wron". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔŋli/.

What is another word for wrongly?

Close synonyms include incorrectly, wrong. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of wrongly?

The recorded antonyms are right.

Is wrongly a common word?

wrongly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.