wrongwise
In a wrong way or manner.
Adverb
- In a wrong way or manner.
- Being ruffled and the fur of his sensibilities being rubbed wrongwise by Wagner's exasperating din, he said as much to the audience generally from his place in the box. - 1903, Everybody's Magazine, volume 9, page 517:
- It is to be feared that even this slight submission by the lofty Mr. Rea rubbed measurably wrongwise the vain fur of his self-love. - 1913, Hearst's Magazine - Volume 23, Issues 4-6, page 831:
- With anie Mark at all; —noe, let him not My Parchment wrongwise fold, nor stamp, nor blot, […] - 1919, The Bookman, volume 48, page 181:
Origin
From Middle English wrongwis. Equivalent to wrong + -wise. Compare English wrongous.