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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erroneous \Er*ro"ne*ous\, a. [L. erroneus, fr errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Erroneous circulation.'' --Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. --Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.] An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ly}, adv -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: erroneously adv : in a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it" [syn: {mistakenly}]
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