Mistakenly
Mistakenly adverb - In a mistaken or inappropriate way.
Usage example: we mistakenly thought that this was our conference room
Right is an antonym for mistakenly.
Right
Right adverb - As stated or indicated without the slightest difference.
Mistakenly is an antonym for right.
Both words in one sentence
- Yuno and Miyako mistakenly read it as though it were intended to be read horizontally (left to right), i.e.
- Subaru mistakenly receives a giant pile of packages in the mail and uses his Rockman powers to set it all right.
- The narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" mistakenly believes that this fallacy is right, although finds it hard to convince someone.
Source: Gambler's Fallacy
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Right and Mistakenly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mistakenly/right
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Right or Mistakenly. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mistakenly/right.
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