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mistakenly

mis·tak·en
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mi-stey-kuh n]
    • /mɪˈsteɪ kən/
    • /mɪˈsteɪ.kən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mi-stey-kuh n]
    • /mɪˈsteɪ kən/

Definitions of mistakenly word

  • adjective mistakenly wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism. 1
  • adjective mistakenly erroneous; incorrect; wrong: a mistaken answer. 1
  • adjective mistakenly having made a mistake; being in error. 1
  • noun mistakenly In a mistaken way; wrongly. 1
  • adverb mistakenly in error 1
  • adverb mistakenly accidentally 1
See all 6 definitions of mistakenly

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Origin of mistakenly

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; past participle of mistake; see -en3

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Parts of speech for Mistakenly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mistakenly

mistakenly popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for mistakenly

adv mistakenly

  • falsely — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
  • badly — If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
  • wrongly — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.

adverb mistakenly

  • incorrectly — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
  • erroneously — In an erroneous manner.
  • misguidedly — misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor.
  • by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
  • fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
All 11 Synonyms of mistakenly

Antonyms for mistakenly

adverb mistakenly

  • correctly — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
Just one Antonym for mistakenly

Top questions with mistakenly

  • what is often mistakenly regarded as being based on science?

Related words

  • aëdon

    a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.

  • clite

    Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.

  • colloquial

    of or relating to conversation

  • demogorgon

    a mysterious and awesome god in ancient mythology, often represented as ruling in the underworld

  • gaugamela

    an ancient village in Assyria, E of Nineveh: Alexander the Great defeated Darius III here in 331 b.c. The battle is often mistakenly called “battle of Arbela.”.

  • misallocate

    to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
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