mistakenly

Synonyms for mistakenly

adv wrongly

adverb. idiotic, without due consideration

adverb. inexactly

adverb. without warning; suddenly

adverb. astray

c.1600, "under misapprehension," past participle adjective from mistake (v.). Related: Mistakenly. Mistaken identity attested from 1865.

Others have thought, but mistakenly, that it was Collioure in Roussillon.

He knew also that she would tell him that, just as mistakenly, about the hero of every book he wrote.

Catamite, mistakenly read as khz on f. 112b (Mmoires ii, 82).

We sometimes, mistakenly, say that the English are not good losers.

We should not forget how confidently, and how mistakenly, his failure was predicted.

Perhaps the poet had not read too mistakenly the sign in his forehead.

Headquarters had mistakenly informed the troops that Kerensky was coming.

Mistakenly, I took that to mean she'd had the delayed period.

He scowled at the offscreen miscreant who had mistakenly summoned him.

It is often mistakenly thought that the artist is sensitive through and through.