Wrongfully
['rɔŋfəli]
Definition
(adv.) in an unjust or unfair manner; 'the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed'; 'people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released'.
Typist: Owen--From WordNet
Examples
- He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But think of my dear son wrongfully accused. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But it is wrongfully; every one knows that; no one believes it, surely, Ernest? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And many men have been wrongfully hanged. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If he is, I am wrongfully in possession of Roylands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typist: Owen