perversely

/pɝˈvɝsɫi/ adv

In a perverse manner.

Word Origin Perversely comes from perverse, which is per- 'thoroughly' + vertere 'to turn' — literally 'turned away' or 'turned wrong.' The idea is of being turned from what is right. The root vertere gives us a huge family: convert (turn with), invert (turn in), reverse (turn back), and diverse (turned apart). Perversely means in a way that is stubbornly turned away from the norm.

adv In a perverse manner.

He perversely refused to take the medicine that would have cured him.

(副词) 反常地;固执地;乖戾地

他固执地拒绝服用本可以治愈他的药物。

(adverbio) perversamente; de manera perversa; retorcidamente; tercamente [De manera perversa.]

Perversamente, se negó a tomar el medicamento que lo habría curado.

(adverbe) perversement; de manière perverse; de façon perverse; par esprit de contradiction; en désespoir de cause [D'une manière contraire au bon sens ou à la raison, avec un entêtement absurde. (⚠️ Attention : « pervers » en français a souvent une connotation sexuelle que « perverse » en anglais n'a pas toujours.)]

Il a refusé de façon absurde de prendre le médicament qui l'aurait guéri.

(Adverb) widerborstig; trotzig; perverserweise [Auf eine widerspenstige, unvernünftige oder abwegige Weise; entgegen besserer Einsicht.]

Er weigerte sich **perversely**, das Medikament einzunehmen, das ihn geheilt hätte.

(副詞) ひねくれて;道理に反して;意地悪く。

彼は自分を治すはずの薬を**ひねくれて**拒んだ。

(advérbio) perversamente; de modo perverso; de maneira perversa [De maneira perversa.]

Ele, perversamente, recusou-se a tomar o remédio que o teria curado.

Word parts: per + verse + ly

Common collocations

be verb to prep of prep have verb for prep this adj seem verb in prep

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