'Wrongfully' is the adverb of 'wrongful'. It tells you that something was done to a person unfairly or unlawfully, when that person had done nothing to deserve it. You will nearly always find it in front of a past participle, describing what was done to someone: wrongfully arrested, wrongfully accused, wrongfully convicted, wrongfully dismissed, wrongfully imprisoned, wrongfully held.

'Wrongfully' is the adverb of 'wrongful'「Wrongfully」是「wrongful」的副詞形式。It tells you that something was done to a person unfairly or unlawfully它是在說某件事對一個人做得不公平或不合法, when that person had done nothing to deserve it而那個人根本沒做什麼該承受這件事的事。You will nearly always find it in front of a past participle你幾乎總是會看到它出現在過去分詞前面, describing what was done to someone用來描述某人遭受了什麼: wrongfully arrested, wrongfully accused, wrongfully convicted, wrongfully dismissed, wrongfully imprisoned, wrongfully held像 wrongfully arrested（被冤枉逮捕）、wrongfully accused（被冤枉指控）、wrongfully convicted（被冤枉定罪）、wrongfully dismissed（被冤枉解僱）、wrongfully imprisoned（被冤枉關押）、wrongfully held（被冤枉拘留）。

'He was wrongfully accused of stealing' means two things at once — someone accused him, and he did not do it. That hidden second meaning is why the word is so strong. Say it, and you have declared the person innocent.

'He was wrongfully accused of stealing' means two things at once「He was wrongfully accused of stealing」同時說了兩件事 — someone accused him, and he did not do it有人指控了他，而且他其實沒做。That hidden second meaning is why the word is so strong這個藏在裡面的第二層意思，就是這個字這麼有份量的原因。Say it, and you have declared the person innocent一說出這個字，就等於宣告這個人是清白的。

It belongs to law, news and formal writing. In ordinary conversation people say 'they arrested the wrong man' or 'he got fired for no reason'.

It belongs to law, news and formal writing它屬於法律、新聞和正式寫作的用語。In ordinary conversation people say 'they arrested the wrong man'在一般對話裡，人們會說「they arrested the wrong man」（他們抓錯人了） or 'he got fired for no reason'或「he got fired for no reason」（他無緣無故被開除）。

Be careful with its neighbour 'wrongly'. 'Wrongly' is the everyday word and covers plain mistakes: 'the form was wrongly filled in', 'I wrongly assumed she was Japanese'. 'Wrongfully' adds the idea of injustice and usually of law being broken.

Be careful with its neighbour 'wrongly'要小心它的鄰居「wrongly」。'Wrongly' is the everyday word and covers plain mistakes「Wrongly」是日常用字，指的是單純的錯誤: 'the form was wrongly filled in'「the form was wrongly filled in」（表格填錯了）, 'I wrongly assumed she was Japanese'「I wrongly assumed she was Japanese」（我誤以為她是日本人）。'Wrongfully' adds the idea of injustice「Wrongfully」多帶了一層不公義的意思 and usually of law being broken而且通常隱含法律被違反了。

So a name can be 'wrongly spelled' but never 'wrongfully spelled' — nobody's rights were hurt by a spelling. With arrests and accusations, both are possible, and 'wrongfully' is the heavier, more legal choice.

So a name can be 'wrongly spelled' but never 'wrongfully spelled'所以名字可以「wrongly spelled」（拼錯），但絕不會說「wrongfully spelled」 — nobody's rights were hurt by a spelling因為拼錯字又沒有傷害到誰的權利。With arrests and accusations, both are possible但講到逮捕和指控時，兩個字都說得通, and 'wrongfully' is the heavier, more legal choice而「wrongfully」是分量更重、更偏法律的用字選擇。