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mistakenly
[ mi-stey-kuhn-lee ]
adverb
- unintentionally or inadvertently; by mistake:
I may have mistakenly interchanged them without realizing it.
- in a way that is wrongly conceived, held, or done; incorrectly:
Many people mistakenly believe their PhD will help them land a stable, middle-class job even if they can't get an academic job.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mistakenly1
Example Sentences
A US judge has issued a scathing opinion against the Trump administration after immigration officials admitted to having mistakenly deported a man living in the US to a prison in El Salvador.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
However, police have subsequently admitted that the order was not valid because the officer dealing with the case mistakenly got her husband to sign the agreement, rather than her.
Kerger repeated this, further adding that New York’s member station mistakenly placed it on the PBS website, but it was neither intended for national distribution nor aired on PBS itself.
The 25-year-old back row spent 25 days in an induced coma after being diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, which occurs when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the brain.
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