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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Erroneous \Er*ro"ne*ous\, adjective [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.]
1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] ''Erroneous circulation.'' --Arbuthnot.
Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. --Sir I. Newman.
2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.]
An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. --Jer. Taylor.
3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Er*ro"ne*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
erroneously
adverb: in a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it" [syn: {mistakenly}]
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