perversely
反常地,悖逆地,枉然,枉然地
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- : in a willful manner that goes counter to what is expected or desired; contrarily: She clung perversely to beliefs and behavior that would confound her parents for years.
- : in an obstinate manner, rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wickedly or corruptly: They perversely persist in the practice of torture.
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Examples
It could be just as weirdly unpredictable as the previous example of someone perversely guessing the code-crashing number.
Ending the filibuster, perversely enough, makes both fears more real.
Like, we’ve perversely gotten used to the “fake votes,” “fake news” stuff.
Perversely, the whole sad tale, and the publication of Zen Predator itself, might be good for American Buddhism.
Perversely, however, the idea has grown up that we must address the fiscal problem first.
Perversely, some businesses need to worry about the opposite problem, too.
Perversely I continue to be the subject of contradictory and conflicting moods impossible to understand and difficult to describe.
Perversely, since he seemed bent on rejecting my reward, I became anxious to press it upon him.
Perversely it made August think of Emmy, his wife, and acute dread touched him at the mockery of her wasting despair.
Perversely enough, whilst Ora's husband was a commonplace though intelligent attorney, Ora was married to a Montana mine-owner.
Perversely enough, they had been drawn together by the very attraction of dissimilarity.