perversely
adverb
uk/pəˈvɜːs.li/us/pɚˈvɝːs.li/in a way that isstrangeand not what mostpeoplewouldexpectorenjoy:
Thebestway tounderstandthisbookis tostart, perversely, at the end.
Perversely, theshrinkingdemandforoilmay haveindirectlycausedyesterday'spricejump.
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perverse
- Londoners are perverselyproudof ahealthservicethat does notservethem well.
- The ship'scarpenterwas a goodworker, but perverselyindependent.
- a perverselyblackcomedy
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- freakishness
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- perverse
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- presence
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped