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Violence; force; power. It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. Sir W. Raleigh.

A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

Somewhat strong.

In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.

Strongyloid.

Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.

A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

In throngs or crowds. [Obs.]

A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous.

Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. [Obs.] Wyclif (Lev. xxi. 19).

Done at an improper time; ill-timed.

One who injures another, or who does wrong.

Evil or wicked behavior or action.

One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. "Wrongers of the world." Tennyson.

Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n.

Wrongheaded. [R.] Pope.

Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. -- Wrong"head`ed*ly, adv. -- Wrong"head`ed*ness, n. Macaulay.

Not wrong; void or free from wrong. [Obs.] -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak.

The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham.