wrongfully
不法に
解説 Definition
法律や権利に違反し、不正な方法で何かが行われるときに使う副詞です。人や物が正当な手続きを踏まずに扱われたことを強調します。訴訟や雇用の場面などで、不当に扱われたことを示す際によく登場します。
Wrongfully means in a way that is unfair, unjust, or against the law. It is often used in legal or serious situations, such as punishment, blame, or taking something from someone. The word suggests that the action should not have happened.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
wrongfully はまず wrong「間違った・不正な」を芯に置くと覚えやすいです。wrongful で「不当な／不法な」という性質になり、-ly が付いて「不当に・不法に」。illegally が単に法律違反を述べるのに対し、wrongfully は wrongfully accused / convicted / dismissed のように、権利や手続きの面で人が正当でない扱いを受けた響きが強めです。受け身の文脈で見えたらこの語を思い出すと定着します。
`Wrongfully` can sound like `wrongly`, but it is more legal and formal. It often appears in phrases like `wrongfully detained` or `wrongfully seized`, where the question is whether something was lawful. Remember it as the opposite side of `lawfully`, not just `unfairly`.
例文
The goods were wrongfully seized by the authorities.
その商品は当局により不法に差し押さえられた。
He claimed he was wrongfully terminated from his job.
彼は不法に職を失わされたと主張した。
The property was wrongfully taken from its original owner.
その財産は元の所有者から不法に奪われた。
wrongfully の類義語・関連語
wrongfully の語源・成り立ち Etymology
wrongfully は、古ノルド語 rangr（曲がった・正しくない）に由来する wrong に、-ful と -ly が付いた形です。『まっすぐでなく道理から外れる』感覚が『不当に・不法に』へつながり、関連語に wrong と wrongful があります。
Wrongfully comes from wrongful plus the adverb ending -ly. Wrong comes from Old Norse rangr, meaning "crooked" or "not straight," and that physical idea later became a moral and legal one. So the word developed from "in a crooked or unjust way" to its modern sense of acting unfairly or unlawfully. Related words include wrong and wrongful.
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