Incorrectly

Definitions: Incorrectly

Incorrectly

Adverb

1. In an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely".

2. In an incorrect manner; "she guessed wrong".

Date "incorrectly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1642. (references)

Synonyms: Incorrectly

Synonyms: falsely (adv), wrong (adv), wrongly (adv). (additional references)

Antonym: correctly (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Incorrectly

English words defined with "incorrectly": Centrobaric method, Clione ♦ Hara-kiri ♦ malapropos, Misaffirm, misapply, miscalculate, misgauge, Mishear, misidentify, Misinfer, misjudge, Mismeasure, misperceive, misplay, misprint, mispronounce, Mispunctuate, misquote, Misrehearse, misremember, Missend, Missound, misspell, mistake, mistime, mistranslate, misuse, misused, Miswrite ♦ Spirit of vitriolic ether ♦ Ye. (references)

Specialty definitions using "incorrectly": Accident, After "Than" and "As", after hours market curb, after market, All, Allude to, Almost ♦ Badly, Beautiful, Beautifully, bias error, bit clearance, bit error performance, bit error rate ♦ Can, candle power, Contemptible, Contemptuous, Core Wars, Could, Cyclotron Frequency ♦ DATA ENTRY CLERK, data entry operator, data exception, Death Star, Degrade, Demean, drillings, dup loop ♦ ENGRAVER, AUTOMATIC ♦ fusion-piercing drill ♦ Gebalites, Greatly ♦ hoisting block ♦ Injury, Integrated Coverage Measurement ♦ learning curve, loft rigger ♦ Mention, Miller-Rabin, Moof, Most ♦ negative acknowledge ♦ outside rigger ♦ Parenthetical Expressions, Partake, Pretty, Proved, Proven ♦ Quite ♦ Refer to, REPAIRER, GENERAL, RT-PC ♦ scrozzle, Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool, shot bort, single jack, smoke-emitting diode, space-cadet keyboard ♦ Trans-Ship, tungsten carbide insert ♦ undetected block error rate, undetected character error rate, undetected error rate, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter ♦ Very ♦ Whole, Will. (references)

Etymologies containing "incorrectly": Heemraad, hidrosis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Incorrectly

Domain	Title
Books	Are we Speaking the Croatian Language Incorrectly ? : Small Differentiation Dictionary (Govorimo li ispravno hrvatski? : mali razlikovni rjecnik) (reference) Methods for Solving Incorrectly Posed Problems (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Incorrectly

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 1920. Several battleships are in the background. The original print incorrectly identifies this ship as USS Vestal (AR-4).Credit: NAVY.		Coaling from the beach in the Philippine Islands. This destroyer is either USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1), USS Barry (Destroyer # 2) or USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3). The donor's original caption, which incorrectly identifies the ship as USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5), reads: "...coaling from the beach near Zamboanga, P.I., 1916. Mooring lines are tied to old stock anchors on the beach. The coal was carried aboard in baskets on a pole by two natives. This was Pocahontas coal from West. Va. The rest of the Asiatic Fleet used Japanese coal.".Credit: NAVY.
	Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861, as part of the larger print seen in Photo # NH 59236. It depicts USS Merrimack (incorrectly spelled "Merrimac") under repair at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa early 1861. She was burned when Federal forces abandoned and destroyed the yard on 20 April 1861.Credit: NAVY.		Line engraving by Warren, after a drawing by John Andrew, published in a contemporary illustrated magazine. It depicts the launch of USS Merrimack (incorrectly spelled "Merrimac" on the print) at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 15 June 1855.Credit: NAVY.
	With its crew at their stations, on board a U.S. Navy gunboat during the Civil War. Photographed by Matthew Brady. Note anti-boarding netting; ship's wheel at left; cartridge boxes, cutlasses and revolvers worn by some men; gun-handling equipment and Marine by the rear of the gun. Many sources incorrectly identify this ship as USS Mendota (1864-1867), which did not have a gun of this type in the location seen. It is possible that the ship is USS Miami (1862-1865), which did carry IX-inch guns at the extreme bow and stern. See Photo #s NH 46255 and NH 60873 for views of Miami showing similar details.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Incorrectly

Author	Quotation
Michel de Montaigne	I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Incorrectly

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		However, it is believed that some cases are incorrectly diagnosed as other infections or go undiagnosed. (references)
		Genes may build a protein correctly or incorrectly, depending on the content of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) message. (references)
		Punishment is often incorrectly used to try to solve these problems within the home, at school, or in the juvenile justice system. (references)
Economic History	Korea	Workers at foreign-owned firms perceive, most often incorrectly, that job stability and career prospects are relatively less attractive than at Korean firms, and as a result, labor is increasingly concerned about reductions-in-force and issues such as severance pay. (references)
Political Economy	NETHERLANDS	Pharmaceuticals: U.S. pharmaceutical companies have complained that the criteria used by the Dutch Health Insurance Board too often result in their new-to-market products being incorrectly classified with compounds determined by the board as "therapeutically equivalent" (and therefore reimbursable at a lower rate) than as "unique, innovative compounds," reimbursed at a higher international reference price. (references)
	Costa Rica	Legislation proposed by the executive branch to permit a limited opening of the telecommunications and electricity sector led to another Supreme Court ruling of unconstitutionality, widespread demonstrations, and withdrawal of the bill in the first half of 2000. Private electricity generators with contracts to supply the national grid faced legislative and regulatory initiatives threatening their viability during 2000. Another Supreme Court ruling of unconstitutionality in 2000 determined that the government had incorrectly granted an offshore oil exploration contract to a U.S. company because there had been inadequate consultations with local indigenous communities. (references)
Trade	Argentina	Argentine Customs Law 22,415 provides a procedure whereby the importer may appeal to Argentine Customs, in the event that a customs provision has been incorrectly assessed (e.g., customs valuation, tariff classification, duties charged, etc.) The rebuttal should be addressed to the appropriate customs office and submitted in written form within ten days of occurrence. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Incorrectly

"Incorrectly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incorrectly" is used about 267 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	267	18,030

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Incorrectly

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "incorrectly": incorrectly-placed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Incorrectly

Language		Translations for "incorrectly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gabimisht (by error, by mistake, crosswise, erroneously, mistakenly, wrongly). (various references)

Bulgarian		некоректно, неправилно (awry, foul, mis-, mistakenly, untruly, wrong, wrongly). (various references)

Chinese		不确切地. (various references)

Czech		nesprávnì (falsely, inaccurately, wrongly), nepřesnì (inaccurately). (various references)

Finnish		virheellisesti (wrong), väärin (amiss, erroneously, mis, negative, the wrong way, wrong, wrongly). (various references)

French		inexactement (inaccurately), incorrectement. (various references)

German		unrichtige. (various references)

Hungarian		tévesen (erroneously, mistakenly, off the beam, wrongly). (various references)

Korean		부� �확하게 (imprecisely, inaccurately). (various references)

Pig Latin		incorrectlyay

Portuguese		injustamente (undeservedly, unduly, wrong), indevidamente (unduly), incorretamente (wrong), imperfeito (crude, defective, faun, imperfect, imperial, inchoate, incomprehensibility, lacerated, lame, ragged, seamy, unfinished), imerecidamente (undeservedly, unduly). (various references)

Romanian		în mod incorect, în mod fals. (various references)

Russian		неверно (unfaithfully). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		netačno. (various references)

Spanish		incorrectamente (all wrong, improperly, out, wrong). (various references)

Swedish		inkorrekt (incorrect, irregular). (various references)

Turkish		yanlışlıkla (by an oversight, by mistake, erroneously, inadvertently, mistakenly, through an oversight), münasebetsizce, hatalı olarak. (various references)

Ukranian		неточно, некоректно, неправильно (abnormally, awry, crosswise, improperly, out-of-truth, unduly, wrong). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Incorrectly

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	perperam. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Incorrectly

Misspellings
	"Incorrectly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incorectly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Incorrectly"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "incorrectly" (pronounced i'nkere"ktlē)
7	-k er e" k t l ē	correctly.
6	-er e" k t l ē	directly, indirectly.
4	-k t l ē	distinctly, exactly, imperfectly, perfectly, strictly, succinctly.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Incorrectly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-l-n-o-r-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: correctly, incorrect.
	-3 letters: concerti, cornetcy, cornicle, cryolite, necrotic, tricorne, tricycle.
	-4 letters: centric, cerotic, circler, circlet, cointer, conceit, concert, cornice, cornier, cornily, correct, crocein, crocine, cryonic, cyclone, elytron, inertly, lection, loriner, noticer, orectic, rectory, retinol, tricorn, tyronic.
	-5 letters: cicely, cicero, cineol, circle, citole, citron, cleric, client, cloner, clonic, coiler, coiner, colter, cornel, corner, cornet, corrie, cortin, cretic, cretin, cycler, enolic, entoil, erotic, ironer, lectin, lector, lenity, lentic, lictor, linter, loiter, neroli, nicely, nicety, nitery, noetic, norite, notice, orcein, orient, ornery, orrice, recoil, recoin, rector, relict, retorn, rioter, toiler, tonier.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-l-n-o-r-r-t-y"
	+3 letters: reconciliatory.
	+4 letters: corynebacterial.
	+5 letters: chronometrically, microcrystalline.
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