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Grammar : Adv
Spell : uh-roh-nee-uhs, e-roh-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈroʊ ni əs, ɛˈroʊ-



Definition of erroneously

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French erroneus and directly from Latin erroneus "vagrant, wandering" (in Late Latin "erroneous"), from erronem (nominative erro) "vagabond," from errare "to wander, err" (see err). Related: Erroneously.
  • As in badly : adv inadequately
  • As in wrong : adv astray
  • As in mistakenly : adv wrongly
  • As in unjustifiably : adv without basis
  • As in wrongly : adv incorrectly
  • As in amiss : adv wrongly; defectively
Example sentences :
  • But this imperfection had hitherto been erroneously accounted for.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • It was erroneously supposed that this form was related to Hylobates.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • This is generally, but erroneously attributed to vitiated instincts.
  • Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin
  • The date is erroneously conjectured in Moss's Classical Bib.
  • Extract from : « The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 » by Sebastian Brandt
  • Craig, a rock, is in other passages also erroneously made mountain.
  • Extract from : « The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) » by John Knox
  • In modern times the passage has often been erroneously called fauces.
  • Extract from : « Pompeii, Its Life and Art » by August Mau
  • Lhuyd, Humphrey, erroneously described by Walpole as an engraver, 420.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Wood Engraving » by John Jackson
  • Luxury is erroneously justified by some as giving employment to labor.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Economics » by Frank A. Fetter
  • It has no connexion with Indo-European, as has erroneously been supposed.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
  • Like myself, he thought them bees, and so he erroneously called them.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet

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