Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in an unjust or unfair manner;
- Example: "the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed"- Example: "people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrongful \Wrong"ful\, a.
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful
taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv.
-- Wrong"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wrongfully
adv 1: in an unjust or unfair manner; "the employee claimed that
she was wrongfully dismissed"; "people who were
wrongfully imprisoned should be released"