/ ˈrɒŋli; NAmE ˈrɔːŋ-/ adverb
in a way that is unfair, immoral or not correct :
She was wrongly accused of stealing.
He assumed, wrongly, that she did not care.
The sentence had been wrongly translated.
They knew they had acted wrongly.
Rightly or wrongly , they felt they should have been better informed (= I do not know whether they were right to feel this way) .
➡ note at wrong