adverb
definition
In an incorrect manner.
example
I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.
Examples of incorrectly in a Sentence
I must have guessed incorrectly as I saw only empty camp sites beyond.
Passion week is of ten incorrectly identified with Holy week.
Chinchilla, La Plata, incorrectly named and known in the trade as "bastard chinchilla," size 9 X4 in., in a similar species, but owing to lower altitudes and warmer climatic conditions of habitation is smaller, with shorter and less beautiful fur, the underwool colour being darker and the top colour less pure.
The country, as opposed to the towns, of Roman Britain seems to have been divided into estates, commonly (though perhaps incorrectly) known as " villas."
As soon as these had left the island, 1895' the chief ports were occupied by French troops, and an expeditionary force under General Duchesne was afterwards landed on the north-west coast at Mojanga - commonly, but incorrectly, written Majunga - with the object of breaking the Hova authority.
I re played the recording of our aborted final session and had judged it incorrectly when I first listened.
The system which is now almost universally in use amongst civilized nations for representing cardinal numbers is the Hindu, sometimes incorrectly called the Arabic, system.
The name is frequently, but incorrectly, applied to the Mahommedan dynasties that preceded the Moguls at Delhi, and also to the style of architecture employed by them; but of these dynasties only the Lodis were Afghans.
The figure, in this case of uniform percolation, assumed by the water in the neighbourhood of a deep well is a surface of revolution, and, however irregular the percolation and the consequent shape of the figure, it is commonly, but somewhat incorrectly, called the " cone of depression.
Ctenis has been incorrectly placed among the ferns by some authors, on account of the occurrence of supposed sporangia on its pinnae; but there is reason to believe that these so-called sporangia are probably nothing more than prominent papillose cells of the epidermis.
For the investigation of the spectra of gases at reduced pressures the so-called Plucker tubes (more generally but incorrectly called Geissler tubes) are in common use.
Towards the end of the 7th century Pippin II., called incorrectly Pippin of Heristal, secured a preponderant authority in Austrasia, marched at the head of the Austrasians against Neustria, and gained a decisive victory at Tertry, near St Quentin (687).
On the Continent the distinction which is commonly but incorrectly made between the nobility and the gentry has never arisen, and it was unknown here while chivalry existed and heraldry was understood.
The world of many things surrounds us; our notions, by which we manage correctly or incorrectly to describe it, are also ready made.
It is still in great demand for certain normal purposes for which either great ease in welding or resistance to corrosion by rusting is of great importance; for purposes requiring special forms of extreme ductility which are not so confidently expected in steel; for miscellaneous needs of many users, some ignorant, some very conservative; and for remelting in the crucible processAll the best cutlery and tool steel is made either by the crucible process or in electric furnaces, and indeed all for which any considerable excellence is claimed is supposed to be so made, though often incorrectly.
The Taytao peninsula, incorrectly called the Tres Montes on some maps, is a westward projection of the mainland, with which it is connected by the narrow isthmus of Ofqui, over which the natives and early missionaries were accustomed to carry their boats between the Moraleda Channel and Gulf of Penas.
There is the possibility that incorrectly assembled respiratory therapy devices connected to a tight fitting facemask could also be a hazard.
If you incorrectly hit the buttons, then you trip over the barrel.
His education was limited to that which could be obtained in the common schools and at Kinderhook Academy, and there is testimony to the effect that as late as 1829, when he became secretary of state, he wrote crudely and incorrectly.
There is no mention whatever of a portable box or construction beyond the darkened room, nor is there in his later work, De Refractione Optices Parte (1593), in which he discusses the analogy between vision and the simple dark room with an aperture, but incorrectly.
Truth and error are about the individual and attach or detach predicates correctly and incorrectly.
Our ancestors were immortalized --albeit incorrectly --in myths.
Explaining my irritation about numbers being written incorrectly was a cathartic moment.
I had incorrectly assumed that because the same security was on the new system that it was the most appropriate.
He made a very brief examination of Miss X believing, incorrectly, that she had been given chloral hydrate.
On some machines this may not work - for example if your mouse has is incorrectly configured.
Our school's LEA English Adviser practically told me I was teaching incorrectly by introducing digraphs to Reception children.
This information is used to complete a tax return, which if completed incorrectly could result in the PCT incurring a fine.
Even at low speeds, having your child in an incorrectly fitted seat could increase their risk of injury.
Almost one in ten incorrectly assume that premature birth is mostly genetic and runs in the family.
He too, incorrectly placed the main road car headlamps on Battlesbury Hill.
This approach is analyzed in terms of its ability to reliably identify, and provide good alternatives for, incorrectly hypothesized words.
Where any contact details are entered incorrectly the entry shall be deemed invalid.
The first -strand was shifted by one residue which consequently positioned some of the residues in the putative inositol phosphate binding site incorrectly.
Original site pix were all scanned incorrectly taking too long to download.
It is a small sea anemone that has probably overlooked before or incorrectly identified.
Interestingly, his name was incorrectly transcribed on his record.
Hence Nabataeans became the Arabic name for Aramaeans, whether in Syria or Iran, a fact which has been incorrectly held to prove that the Nabataeans were originally Aramaean immigrants from Babylonia.
He then advanced into Caledonia and won a " famous victory " at Mons Graupius (sometimes, but incorrectly, spelt Grampius), probably near the confluence of the Tay and the Isla, where a Roman encampment of his date, Inchtuthill, has been partly examined (see Galgacus).
The view formerly maintained by the present writer (Laws of Moses and Code of Hammurabi, 1903, pp. 204 sqq., 279 seq., &c.) relied upon the difference between the exilic or post-exilic sources which unambiguously reflect Babylonian and related ideas, and the absence in other biblical sources of the features which an earlier comprehensive Babylonian influence would have produced, and it incorrectly assumed that the explanation might be found in the ordinary reconstructions of Israelite history.
Ipek has been incorrectly identified by some writers with Doclea or Dioclea (Dukle in Montenegro), the birthplace of Diocletian, and the capital of a small principality which was overthrown by the Bulgarians in the 11th century.
In addition, over-developed mirror muscles can lead to a round-shouldered posture, which incorrectly places the scapula up and forward.
Shoji paper can also incorrectly be known as " rice paper ".
False positive screening results that incorrectly suggest an increased risk of Down 's syndrome can therefore lead to the loss of some unaffected pregnancies.
Always observe your local laws and avoid making your own fireworks, as they can cause serious injuries if you use them incorrectly.
They do this to set you up with the most appropriate account, but if you estimate incorrectly, you could have problems later on.
The term is sometimes used incorrectly in an effort to appeal to conscientious green consumers.
When it comes to paint, if you are willing to be a little flexible on color, you can score some great deals on cans of paint that have been incorrectly mixed for other customers.
When teeth or jaws are aligned incorrectly, chewing can be a problem.
In other cases, it may be the result of incorrectly using prescription medication.