mistakenly
adv/mɪˈsteɪ.kən.li/
Etymology From mistaken + -ly.
1
Wrongly; erroneously.
- I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there.
- Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times:
1 more example
- The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court-ordered deadline to return to the US a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, granting the Trump administration additional time to review the case.2025 April 8, Hanna Park, “A timeline of the legal battle over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador”, in CNN:
2
By accident; by mistake; in error (without intention to do so).
- Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work.