misunderstandingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

misunderstanding +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

misunderstandingly (comparative more misunderstandingly, superlative most misunderstandingly)

  1. So as to misunderstand.
    • 1904, Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
      “But you read him misunderstandingly when you conclude that the struggle for existence sanctions your wanton destruction of life.”