Synonyms for incorrectly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : in-kuh-rekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kəˈrɛkt |
Définition of incorrectly
Origin :- early 15c., "uncorrected," from Latin incorrectus "uncorrected," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + correctus (see correct). Sense of "not in good style" is from 1670s; that of "factually wrong, erroneous, inaccurate" is from 1610s (implied in incorrectly).
- adv mistakenly
- The former of these two verbs is often incorrectly used for the latter.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- This word is often inelegantly, if not incorrectly, used for pay.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- It is both imperfectly and incorrectly translated by the historian.
- Extract from : « The Maya Chronicles » by Various
- By very many it has been called, incorrectly, the log of the "Mayflower."
- Extract from : « Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' » by William Bradford
- This has been incorrectly interpreted as if they shot at the vessel.
- Extract from : « The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II » by A.E. Nordenskieold
- He gives the dates of Sternes first visit to Paris, also incorrectly, as 1760–62.
- Extract from : « Laurence Sterne in Germany » by Harvey Waterman Thayer
- Caxton is often spoken of, incorrectly, as the inventor of printing.
- Extract from : « Westminster » by Sir Walter Besant
- If it exists at all, it is, at any rate, incorrectly charted.
- Extract from : « The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 » by Roald Amundsen
- It is one of the most incorrectly printed books which I ever met with.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 242, June 17, 1854 » by Various
- Most incorrectly printed in Whitaker's History of Richmondshire, vol.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 243, June 24, 1854 » by Various
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- be incompetent
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- high-income
- incog
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- incorporate
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- incorporeal being
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- incorrect
- incorrectness
- incorrigibility
- incorrigible
- incorrupt
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- incorruption
- mentally incompetent
- middle-income group
- net income
- nincompoop
- paying out in excess of income
- raincoat
- take-home income
- talk incoherently
- terra incognita
- was incorrect
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