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wrongfully

/ˈrɒŋfəli/adverb

उच्चारण रॉङ्फ़ली

अनुचित रूप से, ग़ैरक़ानूनी ढंग से, नाजायज़ तरीक़े से

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adverb
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    in a way that is not fair, legal or morally right

    अनुचित रूप से, ग़ैरक़ानूनी ढंग से, नाजायज़ तरीक़े से

    • He was wrongfully dismissed from his job.
    • The court ruled that she had been wrongfully imprisoned for six years.

    Synonyms unjustly unfairly unlawfully illegally wrongly

    Opposite rightfully lawfully justly

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wrongful adjectivewrong adjective
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Do not confuse wrongly (incorrectly, by mistake) and wrongfully (unfairly or illegally), as in 'wrongly spelt' but 'wrongfully arrested'.

Wrongly (गलती से, गलत ढंग से) और wrongfully (अनुचित या ग़ैरक़ानूनी तरीक़े से) में भ्रम न करें, जैसे 'wrongly spelt' लेकिन 'wrongfully arrested'।