incorrectly, adv.
(ɪnkəˈrɛktlɪ)
[f. incorrect a. + -ly2.]
In an incorrect manner; erroneously.
| 1611 Cotgr., Incorrectement, incorrectly, faultily, corruptly. 1756–7 tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 12 The latter [inscription] which has been incorrectly printed before, is as follows. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 602 A Latin word endorsed on the back of the indictment was incorrectly spelt. 1884 J. Rae Contemp. Socialism 247 Two important economical changes..which he incorrectly ascribes to the political revolution at the end of last century. |