mistakenly
/mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
By accident; by mistake; in error (without intention to do so).
Example Sentences
- "I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there."
- "Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem."
- "The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court-ordered deadline to return to the US a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, granting the Trump administration additional time to review the case."
- "Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work."
Etymology
Etymology tree English mistaken Middle English -ly English -ly English mistakenly From mistaken + -ly.