Most often, wrong sounds right when it comes after a verb, as in Things have gone wrong, You heard wrong, and You're doing it wrong. Wrongly tends to sound better when it comes before a verb, as in wrongly accused.
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.
How do you use the word wrongly?
wrongly
- in a way that is not right or correct. He assumed, wrongly, that she did not care. The sentence had been wrongly translated. She was wrongly diagnosed as having skin cancer. ...
- in a way that is not fair or not morally right. She was wrongly accused of stealing. They knew they had acted wrongly. Which Word?
