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# incorrectly

«incorrectly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a wrong way; not correctly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (incorrectly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a wrong way; not correctly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a sum added incorrectly, a word spelt incorrectly. In safety: a seat belt worn incorrectly does not protect you. In science: equipment used incorrectly gives wrong results.

### examples

- He added the numbers incorrectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#x1)
- My name was spelt incorrectly on the certificate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#x2)
- The car seat was fitted incorrectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#x3)
- If you measure incorrectly, the cake will flop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#x4)
- She answered two questions incorrectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#x5)
- The plug was wired incorrectly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/#x6)

### note

From incorrect + -ly. Opposite: correctly. Comes after the verb or object: «spelt it incorrectly».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incorrectly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incorrectly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.