"wrongheadedly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more wrongheadedly [comparative], most wrongheadedly [superlative]
Etymology: wrongheaded + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wrongheaded|ly}} wrongheaded + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} wrongheadedly (comparative more wrongheadedly, superlative most wrongheadedly)
  1. In a wrongheaded manner. Translations (in a wrongheaded manner): csökönyösen (Hungarian), önfejűen (Hungarian), makacsul (Hungarian), elfogultan (Hungarian)

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