Word Meanings - MISTAKENLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

By mistake. Goldsmith.

MISTAKEN
1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
MISTAKER
One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
MISTAKE
1. To take or choose wrongly. Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak. 3. To substitute in thought
MISTAKENLY
By mistake. Goldsmith.
MISTAKENNESS
Erroneousness.
GOLDSMITH
1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold. 2. A banker. Note: The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely. Goldsmith beetle , a large, bright yellow, American