erringly

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Thinking—but all erringly, Eyes hast thou, but in the glass Of the word thou dost not see.

From Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly by Gerhardt, Paul

Inger is sad and down-hearted enough; ay, so erringly faithful that she mourns for him.

From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut

I know not in what valley they wander erringly: do they not see that they depart and return not?

From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Finally, we were assured that votes given for the Coercion Bill would purchase a thorough-going Land Bill, and our anxiety for the latter induced us, naturally, but erringly, to acquiesce in the former.

From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence

Sir Wilfrid Laurier had faithfully voiced the prevailing will of the people of Canada, whether they willed aright or erringly.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas