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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in an incorrect manner;
- Example: "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"
[syn: falsely, incorrectly]

2. in an inaccurate manner;
- Example: "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"
- Example: "she guessed wrong"
[syn: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Incorrectly \In`cor*rect"ly\, adv.
   Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing
   incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incorrectly
    adv 1: in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first
           formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would
           be to bestow credit falsely" [syn: falsely,
           incorrectly]
    2: in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details
       only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she
       guessed wrong" [syn: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong] [ant:
       aright, correctly, right]