Appropriately
Appropriately adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Usage example: make sure you greet your elders appropriately
Wrongly is an antonym for appropriately.
Wrongly
Wrongly adverb - In a mistaken or inappropriate way.
Usage example: you have wrongly interpreted this passage in the Bible
Appropriately is an antonym for wrongly.
Both words in one sentence
- An episode appropriately titled "Death Penalty: Final Appeal" had a man wrongly convicted of rape and murder executed before the detectives could clear his name.
Source: Acquitted Too Late -
One day he meets an enormous white dog (appropriately enough, a Great Pyrenees) who is being wrongly accused of attacking people and becomes friends with her.
Source: Anime / Belle and Sebastian
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