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  • 1wrong, wrongly — Wrong is both an adjective and an adverb. It is correct to say That s the wrong attitude to take and Everything went wrong that day. Wrongly, an adverb only, should be used before a verb: The word was wrongly pronounced. Wrong in its adverbial… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 2wrong — like right, exists as an adverb alongside the regularly formed word wrongly. It is mostly used with a limited number of words and means roughly ‘incorrectly’, or ‘astray’, as in We guessed wrong and I said it wrong. In these cases wrongly can… …

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  • 3wrong vs wrongly —   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 .   For example:   Sean Hodgson …

    English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

  • 4wrong vs wrongly —   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 .   For example:   Sean Hodgson …

    English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

  • 5wrong — The infringement of a legal right belonging to a definite specific person. Kamm v Flink, 113 NJL 582, 175 A 62, 99 ALR 1. In common usage, an act in violation of a moral principle. The word, as the word injury, in law imports the invasion of a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 6wrong — I UK [rɒŋ] / US [rɔŋ] adjective *** 1) [never before noun] if there is something wrong, there is a problem You don t look well. Is anything wrong? One look at her face told us that something was terribly wrong. I checked the engine, but I couldn… …

    English dictionary

  • 7Word of Faith — For a related article, see Prosperity theology. Word of Faith (also known as Word Faith or simply Faith) is a family of Christian churches[1] as well as a label applied by some observers to a teaching movement kindred to many Pentecostal and… …

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  • 8word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… …

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  • 9wrong — 1 adjective 1 NOT CORRECT saying, believing, or depending on something that is not correct: Your calculations must be wrong. | be wrong to think/say: I m sorry; I was wrong to assume that you wanted to go. | prove sb wrong: I wish you d stop… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10wrong — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, terrible ▪ past ▪ moral ▪ civil, criminal ▪ …

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