"mistakenly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/
Etymology: From mistaken + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mistaken|ly}} mistaken + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} mistakenly (not comparable)
  1. wrongly, erroneously Tags: not-comparable Translations (wrongly): yanlış (Azerbaijani), səhvən (Azerbaijani), erare (Esperanto), virheellisesti (Finnish), à tort (French), irrtümlich (German), tévesen (Hungarian), błędnie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-mistakenly-en-adv-2Om~cCh8 Disambiguation of 'wrongly': 80 20
  2. by accident, by mistake, in error (without intention to do so) Tags: not-comparable Translations (by accident): خَطَأً (ḵaṭaʔan) (Arabic), səhvən (Azerbaijani), 錯誤地 (Chinese Mandarin), 错误地 (cuòwù de) (Chinese Mandarin), vahingossa (Finnish), erehdyksessä (Finnish), par erreur (French), à tort (French), sans faire exprès (French), aus Versehen (German), versehentlich (German), tévedésből (Hungarian), erroneamente (Italian), 誤って (ayamatte) (alt: あやまって) (Japanese), przez pomyłkę (Polish), erradamente (Portuguese), equivocadamente (Portuguese), erroneamente (Portuguese), оши́бочно (ošíbočno) (Russian), по оши́бке (po ošíbke) (Russian), equivocadamente (Spanish), erróneamente (Spanish), erradamente (Spanish), sin querer (Spanish), por error (Spanish), por equivocación (Spanish), yanlışlıkla (Turkish), غلطی سے (ġalatī sē) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-mistakenly-en-adv-E~kSZS8T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'by accident': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mistake, mistaken, mistakingly, mistook

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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ar",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "by accident",
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "by accident",
          "word": "tévedésből"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "by accident",
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          "alt": "あやまって",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ayamatte",
          "sense": "by accident",
          "word": "誤って"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "przez pomyłkę"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "by accident",
          "word": "erradamente"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "by accident",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "code": "es",
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      "sense": "by accident",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "by accident",
      "word": "yanlışlıkla"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "ġalatī sē",
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