WRONGFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrongfully mean? 

• WRONGFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb WRONGFULLY has 1 sense:

1. in an unjust or unfair manner

  Familiarity information: WRONGFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRONGFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an unjust or unfair manner

Context example:

people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released

Pertainym:

wrongful (not just or fair)

 Context examples 

And many men have been wrongfully hanged.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Justine Moritz! Poor, poor girl, is she the accused? But it is wrongfully; every one knows that; no one believes it, surely, Ernest?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)