Word Study
perversely
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial perversely has 2 senses
- perversely(r = adv.all) Array - deliberately deviant; "his perversely erotic notions"
- perversely(r = adv.all) contrarily, contrariwise - in a contrary disobedient manner; Array
THESAURUS
perversely
bearishly, cantankerously, churlishly, contrarily, contrariwise, crabbedly, crankily, crossly, crustily, fractiously, frowardly, huffily, ill-humoredly, ill-naturedly, irascibly, irritably, snappily, sourly, sulkily, sullenly, testily, waywardly, wrongheadedly
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