Explore Incorrectly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like falsely or wrongly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Incorrectly meaning
In an incorrect manner.
Using Incorrectly
- The main meaning on this page is: In an incorrect manner.
- Useful related words include: falsely, wrongly, wrong, right.
- In the example corpus, incorrectly often appears in combinations such as: incorrectly stated, article incorrectly, was incorrectly.
Context around Incorrectly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incorrectly
- In this selection, "incorrectly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, article, story, behaving, stated, attacking and caused stand out and add context to how "incorrectly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include article referred incorrectly to security and b2 thursday incorrectly conveyed the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incorrectly" sits close to words such as caste, communicated and corresponds, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incorrectly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bin staff collecting the rubbish will leave incorrectly presented bags. (10 words)
A previous version of this story incorrectly attributed some data to Health Canada. (13 words)
An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to Tetra-1 as a microsatellite. (14 words)
Warnings and penalties render A ten-minute penalty is indicated through the use of a blue card and can be caused by protesting or behaving incorrectly, attacking an opponent violently or stopping the ball incorrectly to get an advantage. (39 words)
A World News article in some editions Thursday and a Page One article and photo caption in some editions on Friday about China’s economy incorrectly said it shrank for the sixth consecutive month. (34 words)
Correct answers are revealed via on-screen graphics followed by each on-set number, along with the light below, changing green or red to indicate whether each contestant answered correctly or incorrectly. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Warnings and penalties render A ten-minute penalty is indicated through the use of a blue card and can be caused by protesting or behaving incorrectly, attacking an opponent violently or stopping the ball incorrectly to get an advantage.
A laboratory error incorrectly caused a recall announcement for a brand of salad greens, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said.
Albeit, another time, it incorrectly suspect me of napping — although I had been reclining and not moving for a while which presumably confused the algorithms.
And frankly, I’m nowhere near as optimistic as I was (incorrectly, obviously) in 2022.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly described Bill Richardson’s time as energy secretary.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to Tetra-1 as a microsatellite.
An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to security arrangements at the Iowa Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner.
An earlier version of this report incorrectly said the balloon was spotted over Montana on Thursday, instead of Wednesday.
A previous version incorrectly stated that Angie Sweeney was the mother of the three children killed.
A previous version of this story incorrectly attributed some data to Health Canada.
A recall has been issued for a specific type of cannabis product sold with packaging that incorrectly labels TCH levels.
A story on Page B2 Thursday incorrectly conveyed the business model for GreenDrop and how its proceeds benefit the Red Cross.
A U.S. Navy ship found the Mayaguez abandoned, and military officials incorrectly believed its crew members were in captivity on Koh Tang.
A World News article in some editions Thursday and a Page One article and photo caption in some editions on Friday about China’s economy incorrectly said it shrank for the sixth consecutive month.
Bin staff collecting the rubbish will leave incorrectly presented bags.
But one of Bard's three drafts incorrectly reported that Holmes was convicted of all the felony charges of fraud and conspiracy leveled against her during a four-month trial.
Carey Mulligan was incorrectly announced as the winner of the supporting actress award at the Baftas after a translation gaffe while deaf actor Troy Kotsur was presenting.
Correct answers are revealed via on-screen graphics followed by each on-set number, along with the light below, changing green or red to indicate whether each contestant answered correctly or incorrectly.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Downey Farmer's Market would be closed as result of the shooting investigation.
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story inadvertently identified Katherine Clark’s son as her “daughter” and incorrectly related the message on MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin’s shirt.
Common combinations with incorrectly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: