The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incorrectly \In`cor*rect"ly\, adv. Not correctly; inaccurately; not exactly; as, a writing incorrectly copied; testimony incorrectly stated.
Wiktionary
adv. In an incorrect manner.
WordNet
Usage examples of "incorrectly".
It used to be thought that these letters must be referred to 496, the year of the celebrated victory of Clovis over the Alamanni, commonly, but incorrectly, called the battle of Tulbiacum.
He had been on extravehicular activity oncea spacewalkand an incorrectly programmed robotic arm had moved unexpectedly, severed his tether, and tossed him spinning into space.
The Home Army of the Poles consists of a few detachments which they incorrectly call divisions.
Counties that did their best to vet the file discovered a high level of errors, with as many as 15 per cent of names incorrectly identified as felons.
If that ratio held statewide, no fewer than 7,000 voters were incorrectly targeted for removal from voting rosters.
He was also described quite incorrectly as the son of a man who had amassed a comfortable fortune in the manufacture of gold nibs and the Butteridge fountain pens.
He notices Lysander and Hermia, assumes incorrectly they are Demetrius and Helena, and anoints Lysander's eyes with the magic juice.
But then, when Aaron incorrectly anticipates a kneel and a woman sitting near him actually turns and smiles, Aaron begins to think that maybe these Catholics are okay.
This type of thing leads eventually both to the demasculinization of men and the defeminization of females, a perversion of nature disapproved of generally correctly or incorrectly, by Goreans.
While sending her out might endanger her, holding her back might be taken incorrectly by officials on Thyferra, dooming that deal.
Further, passengers may incorrectly assume that an air marshal is on board, and thus hesitate to act if needed.
It needs a soil of bog earth and is incorrectly styled the 'Flowering Fern,' from the handsome spikes of fructification.
Or perhaps continental drift was more rapid at that time than we think, and we've mapped out the extent of the ice incorrectly.
The metal box that contained the encryption OTPs and other classified material had an inbuilt incendiary device that would destroy the contents with a satisfying bang if it were opened incorrectly.
A programme card incorrectly punched or a slipped gear deep within the steam-driven intelligence engine had led to a set of instructions feeding back into themselves in an infinite loop.