erringly

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Thinking—but all erringly, Eyes hast thou, but in the glass Of the word thou dost not see.

From Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly by Gerhardt, Paul

The devotion of such a man," she erringly thought, "might well sanction the weakness of a woman's heart—might well persuade to the momentary error which none will seek more readily to repair than himself.

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore

That which we then sought erringly was at least our own free action, an outflow of inward light; we put our whole soul into the sect of the Free Elect.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

The captiousness of criticism has usually referred to the style of the preceding authors as a standard from which the prevalent style of its contemporaries has erringly diverged.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

I know not in what valley they wander erringly: do they not see that they depart and return not?

From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá