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mistakenly

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mis·tak·en  (m-stkn)
v.
Past participle of mistake.
adj.
1. Wrong or incorrect in opinion, understanding, or perception.
2. Based on error; wrong: a mistaken view of the situation.

mis·taken·ly adv.
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Adv.1.mistakenly - in a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it"

mistakenly
adverb incorrectly, wrongly, falsely, by mistake, inappropriately, erroneously, in error, inaccurately, misguidedly, fallaciously They mistakenly believed the licences they held were sufficient.
Translations
mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪkənlɪ] ADV
1. (= wrongly) [believe, assume] → equivocadamente, erróneamente
2. (= accidentally) → por equivocación, por error

mistakenly [mɪˈsteɪkənli] adv (= incorrectly) [believe, think, assume] → erronément
(= by mistake) [bomb, kill, send] → par erreur

mistakenly

mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪknlɪ] adv (believe) → erroneamente; (by mistake) → per errore
mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪknlɪ] adv (believe) → erroneamente; (by mistake) → per errore

mistakenly عن طريق الخطأ mylně fejlagtigt fälschlicherweise εσφαλμένα equivocadamente väärin par erreur pogrešno erroneamente 間違って 잘못 알고서 verkeerd feilaktig mylnie por engano по ошибке felaktigt อย่างเข้าใจผิด yanlışlıkla một cách sai lầm 错误地


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He has not only Tourguenief's transparency of style, unclouded by any mist of the personality which we mistakenly value in style, and which ought no more to be there than the artist's personality should be in a portrait; but he has a method which not only seems without artifice, but is so.
He imagined, probably mistakenly, that this low-necked bodice had been made on his account, and felt that he had no right to look at it, and tried not to look at it; but he felt that he was to blame for the very fact of the low-necked bodice having been made.
The perfectly natural mistakes which thus arise constitute a large proportion of what is, mistakenly in part, called self-deception, and attributed by Freud to the "censor.
 
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