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View definitions for mistakenly

mistakenly

adverb as in wrongly

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In a couple of places the physical controls get in each others’ way: It’s easy to reach for the leaded-glass gear selector and mistakenly spin the UX selector just above it.

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He was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, and then returned to the US where he was detained and charged with human smuggling.

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Like many others, I had mistakenly believed that “The Five Stages of Grief” in the Kubler-Ross Model were meant for people grieving the loss of a loved one.

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The report also noted a rising number of shootings last year in which officers mistakenly believe someone is armed, an increasingly common scenario that has also been cause for recent concern.

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Some people have mistakenly described the fire as a running-crown fire — one of the most destructive kinds — that shoots through the canopies of trees, she said.

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