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perversely
per·verse P0214300 (pər-vûrs′, pûr′vûrs′)adj.1. Contrary to what is right or good; wicked or depraved: a perverse world of sinners.2. a. Characterized by or resulting from willful opposition or resistance to what is right, expected, or reasonable: "Geneticists have the perverse habit of naming genes by what goes wrong when they mutate" (Richard Dawkins).b. Willfully opposing or resisting what is right, expected, or reasonable: an understanding of the text that only a perverse reader could reach.3. Having an effect opposite to what is intended or expected: "Regulation [of child care] to increase quality may have the perverse effect of driving some children into unregulated care" (Kathryn M. Neckerman).
[Middle English pervers, from Old French, from Latin perversus, past participle of pervertere, to pervert; see pervert.]
per·verse′ly adv.per·verse′ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | perversely - deliberately deviant; "his perversely erotic notions" | | 2. | perversely - in a contrary disobedient mannercontrarily, contrariwise |
Translationsperverse (pəˈvəːs) adjective1. continuing to do, think etc something which one knows, or which one has been told, is wrong or unreasonable. a perverse child. 堅持錯誤的，任性的 执拗的，任性的 2. deliberately wrong; unreasonable. perverse behaviour. 剛愎自用的，乖戾的，故意作對的 反常的，背理的，不通情理的 perˈversely adverb 倔強地 倔强地perˈverseness noun 倔強 倔强perˈversity noun 反常，剛愎 反常
perversely
Synonyms for perverselyadv in a contrary disobedient mannerSynonyms |