different between wrongful vs wrongfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrongful, equivalent to wrong +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????f?l/

Adjective

wrongful (comparative more wrongful, superlative most wrongful)

1. wrong or unjust
2. unlawful or illegal

Antonyms

• (unlawful): rightful

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wrongfulle, wrongfol, wrongfull

Etymology

From wrong +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wr?n?ful/, [?wr???ful]
• (later ME) IPA^(key): /?r?n?ful/, [?r???ful]

Adverb

wrongful

1. evil, sinful
2. wrongful, unethical
3. dishonest
4. harmful, hurtful
5. wrong, incorrect

Descendants

• English: wrongful

References

• “wrongful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-18.

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????f?li/

Adverb

wrongfully (comparative more wrongfully, superlative most wrongfully)

1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.
   • 2002, Joe Borgenicht, The Action Hero's Handbook, Quirk Books, page 36 [1]

     Wrongfully imprisoned action heroes rarely have the time to wait for an appeal.

Translations

Anagrams

• fully-grown

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wrongfullich, wrongffully, wrongefully, wroungfully, wrangfully, wrongfoly, wrongfuli

Etymology

From wrongful +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wr?n?fuli?/, [?wr???fuli?]
• (later ME) IPA^(key): /?r?n?fuli?/, [?r???fuli?]

Adverb

wrongfully

1. evilly, sinfully
2. unfairly, unethically
3. mistakenly

Descendants

• English: wrongfully