adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an erring manner, in the senses of the verb.

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1815.  Wordsw., Wh. Doe, Ded. He serves the Muses erringly and ill, Whose aim is pleasure light and fugitive.

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1835.  New Monthly Mag., XLIV. 69. That army, like a rudderless bark, floats erringly.

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1841.  D’Israeli, Amen. Lit. (1867), 131. A standard from which the prevalent style of its contemporaries has erringly diverged.

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