_wrongfully_の英語

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹɒŋfəli/

副詞

wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)

1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.

   Synonyms: badly, improperly, wrongly; see also Thesaurus:unvirtuously

   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 29, column 2:

     If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue […]

   • 1839, The Christian Observer, volume 38, page 585:

     There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.

   • 2002, Joe Borgenicht, The Action Hero's Handbook, Quirk Books, page 36:

     Wrongfully imprisoned action heroes rarely have the time to wait for an appeal.

アナグラム

• fully-grown

語源

From wrongful +‎ -ly.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈwrɔŋɡfuliː]
• (later ME) IPA: /ˈrɔnɡfuliː/, [ˈrɔŋɡfuliː]

副詞

wrongfully

1. evilly, sinfully
2. unfairly, unethically
3. mistakenly

派生した語

• English: wrongfully