INCORRECTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incorrectly mean? 

• INCORRECTLY (adverb)
  The adverb INCORRECTLY has 2 senses:

1. in an incorrect manner

2. in an inaccurate manner

  Familiarity information: INCORRECTLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCORRECTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an incorrect manner

Synonyms:

falsely; incorrectly

Context example:

to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely

Pertainym:

incorrect (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an inaccurate manner

Synonyms:

incorrectly; wrong; wrongly

Context example:

she guessed wrong

Antonym:

correctly (in an accurate manner)

Pertainym:

incorrect (characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules)

 Context examples 

A device problem that occurred because the device was assembled or put together incorrectly.

(Device Assembly Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

It mattered not whether the woman he loved reasoned correctly or incorrectly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

According to the authors, the results suggest that PD may have characteristics of an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system incorrectly attacks the body’s own cells.

(Immune system may mount an attack in Parkinson’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers identified a specific type of variation in the patients: a single DNA letter at a specific location incorrectly changed.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

A device that is incorrectly modified or prepared for use by distributor, service provider, or user facility.

(Device Incorrectly Prepared for Use or Modified Evaluation Conclusion, Food and Drug Administration)

No coordination was seen when the patients answered incorrectly, nor did it occur when the patients were learning the pairs.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

It is lined with ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium and functions to humidify, heat, and filter incoming air, as well as protecting the olfactory bulb and sinuses from incorrectly pressurized incoming air.

(Nasal Turbinate, NCI Thesaurus)

A device that malfunctions because it was incorrectly installed, set-up, or configured (e.g., misconfiguration of an automatic defibrillator to semi-automatic leading to failure)

(Device Installation Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)