perversely
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]perversely (comparative more perversely, superlative most perversely)
- In a perverse manner.
- 2005, Alpha C. Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics, fourth edition, McGraw-Hill, page 482:
- But even if one of the curves is sloped “perversely,” the condition may still be fulfilled […]
- 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC[1]:
- There is another reason the films are so entertaining and successful, though (with the franchise earning more than $500 million dollars so far). Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.