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# mistakenly

«mistakenly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Because of a mistake; wrongly: «He mistakenly took my bag»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (mistakenly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Because of a mistake; wrongly: «He mistakenly took my bag». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#m1)

2) Believing something that is not true: «Many people mistakenly think bulls hate red». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: «I mistakenly sent the message to the wrong person». In science lessons it is used to correct myths: «Some people mistakenly believe that…». In stories it shows a character made an honest error. Phrases: «mistakenly believe», «mistakenly think», «mistakenly took».

### examples

- I mistakenly put salt in my tea instead of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x1)
- Many people mistakenly believe that bulls hate the colour red; they react to movement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x2)
- She mistakenly got on the wrong bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x3)
- The parcel was mistakenly delivered next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x4)
- He mistakenly thought the test was tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x5)
- People once mistakenly thought the Earth was flat – in fact, educated people have known it is round for over 2,000 years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x6)
- The email was mistakenly sent to the whole school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x7)
- The goal was mistakenly ruled out by the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x8)
- But the shepherd, returning to the fold during the night to obtain meat for the next day, mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep, and killed him instantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/#x9)

### note

Adverb from «mistaken» + «-ly». Means by mistake, not on purpose. Similar: wrongly, by mistake, in error. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

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