wrongwise
English
Etymology
From wrong + -wise. Compare English wrongous.
Adverb
wrongwise (comparative more wrongwise, superlative most wrongwise)
- (rare) In a wrong way or manner.
- 1903, Everybody's Magazine, volume 9, page 517:
- Being ruffled and the fur of his sensibilities being rubbed wrongwise by Wagner's exasperating din, he said as much to the audience generally from his place in the box.
- 1913, Hearst's Magazine - Volume 23, Issues 4-6, page 831:
- It is to be feared that even this slight submission by the lofty Mr. Rea rubbed measurably wrongwise the vain fur of his self-love.
- 1919, The Bookman, volume 48, page 181:
- With anie Mark at all; —noe, let him not
My Parchment wrongwise fold, nor stamp, nor blot, […]
- 2010, Steven Brust, Iorich, page 65:
- “Up one level, follow wrongwise until—here, I'll write out the directions; they're a bit involved.”