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Synonyms for incorrectly
in·cor·rect·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
falsely, incorrectlyadverb
in an incorrect manner
"to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"
incorrectly, wrongly, wrongadverb
in an inaccurate manner
"he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong"
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "incorrectly":
improperly, wrongly, mistakenly, erroneously, wrong, inappropriately, inaccurately, wrongfully, incorrect, unduly, falsely, badly
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1673 | wrong | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#9700 | badly | |
#16206 | incorrectly | |
#22598 | improperly | |
#26399 | wrongly | |
#26408 | falsely | |
#30257 | mistakenly | |
#33119 | unduly | |
#37095 | erroneously | |
#41078 | inappropriately | |
#53536 | wrongfully | |
#88388 | inaccurately |
How to use incorrectly in a sentence?
It’s always very eye-opening when patients show you what they’re doing with their inhalers because many times they’re using them subtly incorrectly, so this is a study that is very reflective of real life.
We incorrectly notified this individual that she'd been selected as a finalist. This was an error. This was a mistake.
It wasn't until a week after my announcement that people started to totally distort these very easy to understand words. If there was something stated incorrectly, it would have been brought up immediately and with great enthusiasm.
Thousands of generous people stepped up to help Kentuckians impacted by devastating storms. Andy Beshear has repeatedly patted himself on the back, but in reality, hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments that we know of were incorrectly distributed to people during an election year who weren’t impacted. Gov. Beshear needs to come clean and answer important questions about the situation.
Old creature with a sore leg (reference to Elizabeth I- he was incorrectly told she limped because of a varicose vein)
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