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perversely

adverb as in unnaturally

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They were followed perversely by torrential rains in 1861, which drowned hundreds of head.

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He said that, perversely, finding the money was the easy part.

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Trim and perversely puppyish, the character doesn’t let age keep him down for long.

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It’s worth noting, perversely, that Moore’s Elisabeth Sparkle is supposed to be an Oscar winner.

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But one need look no further than the perversely disparate treatment of two federal judges to appreciate the urgent need for reform.

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