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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.mistakenly - in a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it"
erroneously
mistakenly
adverb incorrectly, wrongly, falsely, by mistake, inappropriately, erroneously, in error, inaccurately, misguidedly, fallaciously
Translations
mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪkənlɪ] adv → erróneamente
mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪkənlɪ] adv → par erreur, par mégarde
mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪkənlɪ] mistake adv → irrtümlicherweise
mistakenly [mɪsˈteɪkənlɪ] adv → per errore


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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.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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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