Synonyms for wrongfully
wrong·ful·ly

Princeton's WordNet

1. wrongfullyadverb

   in an unjust or unfair manner

   "the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed"; "people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released"

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "wrongfully":

   wrongly, unfairly, unjustly, erroneously, mistakenly, unduly, incorrectly, improperly, inappropriately, falsely, illegally, wrong, illicitly

How to pronounce wrongfully?

How to say wrongfully in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use wrongfully in a sentence?

1. Patrick Poon:

   Liu Xia never gave up on Liu Xia wrongfully imprisoned late husband, and for this Liu Xia was cruelly punished, the Chinese authorities tried to silence Liu Xia, but Liu Xia stood tall for human rights.

2. President Biden:

   I raised the case of two wrongfully imprisoned American citizens, Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, the families of the detained Americans came up and we discussed them. We're going to follow through with that discussion. I am not going to walk away on that.

3. District Attorney George Gascón:

   If just one individual was wrongfully imprisoned because of bias on the part of these officers, that's one too many.

4. Paul Whelan:

   We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich, we also call on Russia to release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   The Trump administration has made clear that the regime in Iran must release all missing and wrongfully detained Americans, including Robert Levinson, Xiyue Wang, Siamak Namazi, and others, we will not rest until they are reunited with their families.