"wrongfully" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɒŋfəli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wrongfully.wav Forms: more wrongfully [comparative], most wrongfully [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrongfully}} Middle English wrongfully, {{af|en|wrongful|-ly|id2=adverbial}} wrongful + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)
  1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly. Translations (unjustly): oikeudettomasti (Finnish), epäoikeudenmukaisesti (Finnish), jogtalanul (Hungarian), igazságtalanul (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-wrongfully-en-adv-GhR4zX9g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 38 37 0 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 21 37 39 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 24 24 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 29 29 0

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈwrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈwrɔŋɡfuliː], /ˈrɔnɡfuliː/ (note: later ME), [ˈrɔŋɡfuliː] (note: later ME)
Etymology: From wrongful + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|wrongful|-ly|id2=adverbial}} wrongful + -ly Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} wrongfully, {{enm-adv}} wrongfully
  1. evilly, sinfully
    Sense id: en-wrongfully-enm-adv-ZXF5QPo0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 38 37 0 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 21 37 39 2
  2. unfairly, unethically
    Sense id: en-wrongfully-enm-adv-QgaCblwm Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 26 38 37 0 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 21 37 39 2
  3. mistakenly
    Sense id: en-wrongfully-enm-adv-T0TsJ4Aw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wrongfullich, wrongffully, wrongefully, wroungfully, wrangfully, wrongfoly, wrongfuli
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