MISTAKENLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mistakenly mean? 

• MISTAKENLY (adverb)
  The adverb MISTAKENLY has 1 sense:

1. in a mistaken or erroneous manner

  Familiarity information: MISTAKENLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISTAKENLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a mistaken or erroneous manner

Synonyms:

erroneously; mistakenly

Context example:

he mistakenly believed it

Pertainym:

mistaken (arising from error)

 Context examples 

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own tissue, such as the membranes that line joints.

(Rheumatoid arthritis mechanisms may vary by joint, NIH)

In other cases, your body mistakenly attacks healthy cells in the liver.

(Hepatitis, NIH)

The immune system mistakenly produces antibodies against proteins known as desmogleins.

(Approach targets autoimmunity, NIH)

The immune system mistakenly attacks your own tissues, damaging your adrenal glands.

(Addison Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It’s believed to be an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheaths that insulate nerves.

(Vitamin D Levels Predict Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)

Azathioprine is converted in vivo to its active metabolite 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), which substitutes for the normal nucleoside and mistakenly gets incorporated into DNA sequences.

(Azathioprine sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The study authors say physicians may have mistakenly diagnosed these patients as having unexplained anaphylaxis because alpha-gal allergy presents differently from more common food allergies and routine allergy tests do not typically scan for antibodies to alpha-gal.

(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)

I acted mistakenly. Forgive me.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)