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Definition of Awrong
1. adv. Wrongly.
Definition of Awrong
1. Adverb. (obsolete) wrongly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Awrong
1. wrongly [adv] - See also: wrongly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awrong
| awns awntient awny awoke awoken awols awork aworking awqaf awrack | awrath awrathed awreak awright awrong (current term) awroth awry awry(p) awsome awsomest | aww aww yeah ax ax handle ax head axal axanthopsia axe axe-murder |
Literary usage of Awrong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... whereas, the right to claim compensation from awrong-doer for his illegal
conversion of private property to his own use is inherent in the owner, ..."
2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"Every violation of law is awrong, and in the early stages of civilization little
account has generally been taken of the difference between wrongs to ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"Have I understood aright T' " Why, of course: how could you have understood awrong?"
retorted the young lady, with her usual vivacity. ..."
4. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1892)
"... when a plain little Jew, speaking the Greek of the Syrians, came hither, trod
thy courts understanding thee not, read thy inscriptions all awrong, ..."
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