perversely
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per·verse
(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.
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Adv. | 1. | perversely - deliberately deviant; "his perversely erotic notions" |
2. | perversely - in a contrary disobedient manner |
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Translations
بانْحِراف، بإفْساد
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perversely
[pəˈvɜːslɪ] ADV (= irrationally) → sin ninguna lógica; (= obstinately) → tercamente; (= wickedly) → con perversidadCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
perversely
[pərˈvɜːrsli] adv (= unreasonably) to be perversely pleased to do sth → éprouver une joie perverse à faire qch
She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble → Elle éprouvait une joie perverse à causer des problèmes.
to be perversely proud of sth → tirer une fierté perverse de qch
She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble → Elle éprouvait une joie perverse à causer des problèmes.
to be perversely proud of sth → tirer une fierté perverse de qch
(= paradoxically) → paradoxalement
Some saw it, perversely, as a victory → Certains y ont vu, paradoxalement, une victoire.
Some saw it, perversely, as a victory → Certains y ont vu, paradoxalement, une victoire.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
perversely
adv (= paradoxically) → paradoxerweise; think, believe, decide → abwegigerweise; perversely, when the day of her departure came, she wanted to stay → als der Abreisetag gekommen war, wollte sie paradoxerweise noch bleiben; perversely enjoyable → auf perverse Art und Weise unterhaltsam; do you have to be so perversely different? → musst du denn immer um jeden Preis anders sein?; he is really perversely old-fashioned → er ist wirklich hoffnungslos altmodisch; the translation still sounds perversely French → die Übersetzung klingt noch immer penetrant französisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
perverse
(pəˈvəːs) adjective1. continuing to do, think etc something which one knows, or which one has been told, is wrong or unreasonable. a perverse child.
2. deliberately wrong; unreasonable. perverse behaviour.
perˈversely adverbperˈverseness noun
perˈversity noun
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