incorrectly

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in·cor·rect

(ĭn′kə-rĕkt′)

adj.

1. Not correct; erroneous or wrong: an incorrect answer.

2. Defective; faulty: incorrect programming of the computer.

3. Improper; inappropriate: incorrect behavior.

in′cor·rect′ly adv.

in′cor·rect′ness n.

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Adv.	1.	incorrectly - in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely" falsely
	2.	incorrectly - in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" wrong, wrongly aright, correctly, right - in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right"

Translations

erronément improprement

scorrettamente

napačno

incorrectly

[ˌɪnkəˈrektlɪ] ADV

1. (= wrongly) [spell, answer] → mal; (more formal) → incorrectamente; [state, conclude, assume, believe] → erróneamente; [inform] → mal, erróneamente
an incorrectly addressed letter → una carta con las señas mal puestas

2. (= badly) → mal; (more frm) → incorrectamente
the doors had been fitted incorrectly → habían puesto las puertas mal

3. (= improperly) [behave] → incorrectamente; [dress] → de manera inapropiada, de modo inapropiado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

incorrectly

[ˌɪnkəˈrɛktli] adv

[suggest, state] → de façon erronée

[use] → de façon incorrecte

[fitted] → mal

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incorrectly

adv (= wrongly) → falsch; state also → unzutreffend; (= improperly) → inkorrekt, nicht korrekt; I had incorrectly assumed that … → ich hatte fälschlich(erweise) angenommen, dass …

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incorrectly

[ˌɪnkəˈrɛktlɪ] adv (state) → in modo inesatto; (conclude) → in modo errato; (behave, dress) → in modo sconveniente

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By omitting the e, though incorrectly, Pierre got the answer he sought.

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That, of course, came first (incorrectly); and it reminded me of my thirst, which the blood of the fowls had so very partially appeased.

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Thus, he was in a condition to relate the exact circumstances of the difference between the Marquis of Mizzler and Lord Bobby, which it appeared originated in a disputed bottle of champagne, and not in a pigeon-pie, as erroneously reported in the newspapers; neither had Lord Bobby said to the Marquis of Mizzler, 'Mizzler, one of us two tells a lie, and I'm not the man,' as incorrectly stated by the same authorities; but 'Mizzler, you know where I'm to be found, and damme, sir, find me if you want me'--which, of course, entirely changed the aspect of this interesting question, and placed it in a very different light.

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Then the idea seized him that he had read incorrectly, and that the appointment was for eleven o'clock.

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How often is the term 'savages' incorrectly applied!

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According to the tenor of the sentence, which the criers read aloud and incorrectly, two farmers of the revenues, monopolists of money, dilapidators of the royal provisions, extortioners, and forgers, were about to undergo capital punishment on the Place de Greve, with their names blazoned over their heads, according to their sentence.

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It mattered not whether the woman he loved reasoned correctly or incorrectly. Love was above reason.

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A hill, formed of the older series of volcanic rocks, and which has been incorrectly considered as the crater of a volcano, is remarkable from its broad, slightly hollowed, and circular summit having been filled up with many successive layers of ashes and fine scoriae.

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He was also described quite incorrectly as the son of a man who had amassed a comfortable fortune in the manufacture of gold nibs and the Butteridge fountain pens.

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The name of Tim Tarvin, a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville, was incorrectly reported in the Feb.

Corrections

ISLAMABAD -- To solve the traffic congestion on the roads of the federal capital, particularly in the markets, the city's traffic police have launched a crackdown on a unique culprit: cars which have been parked incorrectly.

Traffic police crack down on incorrectly parked cars

More than half of child car seats checked by North Lanarkshire Council during two recent information events were incorrectly fitted.