perversely
Example Sentences
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In Guillermo Cienfuegos’ enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
It’s actually quite problematic that some perversely rich guys meddle in our affairs in their own way.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
So maybe it’s perversely apt that the Broadway revival of the musical “Chess” should feel eye-glazingly interminable, despite a cast of thrillingly good singers in top form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The 60-year-old said he felt "perversely lucky" since the parents involved had passed away, sparing him "difficult conversations".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
Still, listening to his classmates complain, he feels perversely responsible, as if his own work were being attacked.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
