Meaning & use
Errantly
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In a way that wanders from the correct or expected course; mistakenly or erratically.
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The arrow flew errantly, missing the target by several feet.
He argued errantly that the treaty had never been ratified.
A note on using this word
Errantly shares its root with 'knight-errant,' where 'errant' originally meant 'traveling' or 'wandering' before it came to mean 'mistaken.'
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