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mistakenly Definition


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mistaken
adj
    1. Understood, thought, named, etc wrongly; incorrect.
      Example: mistaken identity
      Thesaurus: erroneous, unfounded, invalid, false, wrong.
    2. Guilty of, or displaying, a failure to understand or interpret correctly.
      Example: You are mistaken in saying that he's English
      Thesaurus: confused, deluded, misguided, having the wrong impression, misinformed, ill-advised, duped, fooled, misled, tricked; Antonym: correct.
verb
Derivative: mistakenly
adverb
    Wrongly or incorrectly
      Thesaurus: erroneously, inaccurately, incorrectly, wrongly, falsely, fallaciously; unjustly, unfairly; Antonym: appropriately, justly, correctly.
Idiom: and no mistake
    colloq
    Definitely; truly.
      Example: and no mistake about it


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