errantly
In wandering fashion
Errantly means in a wandering or straying manner, or in a way that deviates from what is correct or expected.
The word carries the dual sense of its root errant—physical wandering and moral or factual error: The ball rolled errantly into the street.
He typed errantly, hitting wrong keys.
The word is uncommon, often replaced by erratically or mistakenly.
In a mistaken way
- wronglyIn incorrect manner
- erroneouslyIn a faulty manner
- inaccuratelyIn an erroneous manner
- falselyContrary to fact
misguidedly · misjudged · misinterpreted · misunderstood · misconstrued · misapplied · misattributed · blundered
Moving without fixed purpose
- driftingMoving without purpose
- strayingDeparting from course
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- rovingMoving from place to place
rambling · wayward · nomadic · vagabond · itinerant · wayfaring · aimlessly · adrift
Deviating from intended path
- misdirectedSent the wrong way
- deviatedDeparted from standard
- veeredTurned sharply aside
- divergedSeparated from a course
sidetracked · wayward · awry · misrouted · strayed · lost · disoriented · detoured
incorrectly
In a mistaken way
- wronglyIn incorrect manner
- erroneouslyIn a faulty manner
- inaccuratelyIn an erroneous manner
falsely · misguidedly · misjudged · misinterpreted · misunderstood · misconstrued · misapplied · misattributed · blundered · miscalculated
roaming
Moving without fixed purpose
- driftingMoving without purpose
- strayingDeparting from course
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
roving · rambling · wayward · nomadic · vagabond · itinerant · wayfaring · aimlessly · adrift · directionless
off-course
Deviating from intended path
- misdirectedSent the wrong way
- deviatedDeparted from standard
- veeredTurned sharply aside
diverged · sidetracked · wayward · awry · misrouted · strayed · lost · disoriented · detoured · aberrant
chivalric
Of knightly conduct
- questingActively looking for something
- gallantCourageously attentive and refined
- joustingMounted knightly combat sport
courtly · Arthurian · crusading · noble · valiant · quixotic · heroic · romantic · medieval · adventuring
errantlycorrectly
In accurate manner
accurately · properly · flawlessly · rightly · precisely
errantlyrighteously
With moral correctness
virtuously · morally · uprightly · blamelessly · faithfully
errantlydeliberately
Done with intention
purposefully · intentionally · determinedly · directly · steadfastly
- knight errantRoaming medieval warrior-adventurer
- knight errantryWandering in pursuit of adventure