wrongfully

adv

Etymology: From Middle English wrongfully, wrongfullich; equivalent to wrongful + -ly.

1. In a wrongful manner; unjustly.

   “If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]”

   “There is a clear line of distinction in this matter. An equity judge could not unhang a man who had been wrongfully hanged; but he could set aside a precedent which was manifestly contrary to law and justice.”