Hypertext Webster Gateway: "erroneously"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Erroneous \Er*ro"ne*ous\, a. [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err.
See {Err}.]
1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; --
hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Erroneous
circulation.'' --Arbuthnot.

Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise
would have disturbed the vision. --Sir I.
Newman.

2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.]

An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we
ought to omit. --Jer. Taylor.

3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice;
incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine;
erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. --
{Er*ro"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

erroneously
adv : in a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it" [syn: {mistakenly}]


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