Wrongly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

without justice or fairness; - Shakespeare

in an inaccurate manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈɔŋli/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈɒŋli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈɒŋli/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈɔŋli/.

Examples

wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win
he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
she guessed wrong

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

incorrectly wrong

Antonyms

correctly right

Parts of Speech

adverb	without justice or fairness; - Shakespeare “wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win”
adverb	in an inaccurate manner “he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zu Unrecht

ohne Gerechtigkeit oder Fairness; - Shakespeare

🇫🇷French

à tort

sans justice ni équité; - Shakespeare

🇪🇸Spanish

incorrectamente

sin justicia ni equidad; -Shakespeare

🇮🇹Italian

erroneamente

senza giustizia o equità; - Shakespeare

🇳🇱Dutch

ten onrechte

zonder rechtvaardigheid of eerlijkheid; - Shakespeare

🇵🇹Portuguese

erroneamente

sem justiça ou imparcialidade; -Shakespeare

🇷🇺Russian

ошибочно

без справедливости и справедливости; - Шекспир

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गलत तरीके से

न्याय या निष्पक्षता के बिना; - शेक्सपियर

🇧🇩Bengali

ভুলভাবে

ন্যায় বা ন্যায়বিচার ছাড়া; - শেক্সপিয়ার

🇮🇳Tamil

தவறாக

நீதி அல்லது நியாயம் இல்லாமல்; - ஷேக்ஸ்பியர்

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పుగా

న్యాయం లేదా న్యాయం లేకుండా; - షేక్స్పియర్

🇮🇳Marathi

चुकीच्या पद्धतीने

न्याय किंवा निष्पक्षतेशिवाय; - शेक्सपियर

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખોટી રીતે

ન્યાય અથવા ઔચિત્ય વિના; - શેક્સપિયર

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ

ನ್ಯಾಯ ಅಥವಾ ನ್ಯಾಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ; - ಷೇಕ್ಸ್ಪಿಯರ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

തെറ്റായി

നീതിയോ ന്യായമോ ഇല്ലാതെ; - ഷേക്സ്പിയർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਲਤ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

ਨਿਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਰਪੱਖਤਾ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ; - ਸ਼ੇਕਸਪੀਅਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلط طریقے سے

انصاف یا انصاف کے بغیر؛ - شیکسپیئر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

错

没有正义或公平； ——莎士比亚

🇯🇵Japanese

間違って

正義や公平性がない。 - シェイクスピア

🇰🇷Korean

잘못

정의나 공평함이 없이; - 셰익스피어

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sai

không có công lý hay sự công bằng; - Shakespeare

🇹🇭Thai

ผิด

ปราศจากความยุติธรรมหรือความยุติธรรม - เช็คสเปียร์

🇮🇩Indonesian

salah

tanpa keadilan atau keadilan; - Shakespeare

🇵🇭Filipino

mali

walang katarungan o katarungan; - Shakespeare

🇲🇾Malay

secara salah

tanpa keadilan atau kesaksamaan; - Shakespeare

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بشكل خاطئ

بلا عدالة أو إنصاف؛ - شكسبير

🇮🇷Persian

به اشتباه

بدون عدالت و انصاف؛ - شکسپیر

🇹🇷Turkish

yanlış

adalet ya da adalet olmadan; - Shakespeare

🇮🇱Hebrew

בטעות

ללא צדק או הוגנות; - שייקספיר

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