Wrongly is an adverb, but that doesn't mean wrong can't be one too. Wrongly is an adverb, and the word comes up a lot in news stories: people are wrongly arrested, wrongly jailed, wrongly convicted, and wrongly released.

Is it wrong or wrongly?

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Wrong and wrongly are both adverbs. Wrong can be used informally instead of wrongly after a verb. In fact it is taking over from the word wrongly. However, when the adverb comes before the verb we use wrongly.

Which is correct wrongly or wrongfully?

As adverbs the difference between wrongly and wrongfully

is that wrongly is in an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly while wrongfully is in a wrongful manner; unjustly.