erringly
Example Sentences
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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 Paul Gerhardt
Inger is sad and down-hearted enough; ay, so erringly faithful that she mourns for him.
From Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
I know not how long they shall ride the steed of desire and wander erringly in the desert of heedlessness and error.
From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá
The devotion of such a man," she erringly thought, "might well sanction the weakness of a woman's heart—might well persuade to the momentary error which none will seek more readily to repair than himself.
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
I accepted the part he thus erringly assigned me, and let him run on about all the fortunes and chances of a soldier's life.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
