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[ adverb ] in a mistaken manner

Synonyms

erroneously

Examples

"he mistakenly believed it"

Used in print

(Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)

Let us suppose that the animal did not in_fact fall into the trap and did not suffer at_all , but that we mistakenly believe it did , and say as before that its suffering was an evil thing .

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

That a writer who is gay cannot be serious is a common professional illusion , sedulously fostered by all_too many academics who mistakenly believe that their frivolous efforts should be taken seriously because they are expressed with that dreary solemnity which is the only mode of expression their authors are capable of .

Related terms

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