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Meanings of perversely in English

Portuguese
contrariamente

In a contrary disobedient manner.

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        Usage of perversely in English
        1
        These oddball science fiction flops are original in sometimes perversely derivative ways.
        The Guardian
        2
        The rise of Trump has led, perversely, to the revival of Obama.
        The Guardian
        3
        Oh, she's a viper, yes, and, perversely, Rodrigo admires her for it.
        The pretender's crown
        4
        I do not believe that humanity is perversely astray, hurrying to destruction.
        At Large
        5
        Adieu, my dearest Susan, I wish matters did not go so perversely.
        Lady Susan
        6
        There was silence for a moment between them, then she added perversely-
        The Path of a Star
        7
        Persistently, perversely, Bennett stopped his ears to every consideration, to every argument.
        A Man's Woman
        8
        The scene, perversely, reminded Sylvia of football games she'd seen in long-gone days.
        Mutated
        9
        A voice sounds from a great distance, both familiar and deeply, perversely strange.
        The half-made world
        10
        Hakim seemed perversely despondent that he had not presented his case more strongly.
        Anvil of stars
        11
        But the adversaries everywhere perversely apply the name sacrifice to the ceremony alone.
        The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
        12
        But the tender passion perversely delights in raising obstacles to itself.
        Man and Wife
        13
        The moral order is completely upside down, and we find it perversely fascinating.
        News.com.au
        14
        But, almost perversely, all, the talk in England is of drink.
        The Irish Times
        15
        And she lingered, perversely resolved to steep herself in the agony.
        Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
        16
        Phebe still scorns Corin and perversely falls in love with Ganymede.
        Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies
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        contrariamente
        Perversely through the time
        Perversely across language varieties
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