| 单词 |
perversely |
| 释义 |
perversely, adv.|pəˈvɜːslɪ| [f. perverse a. + -ly2.] In a perverse manner; with perversity; in a way obstinately contrary to what is proper, true, or good; untowardly, vexatiously, crossly.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 189 b, In no wyse to doubt therof, nor peruersly to impugne it. c1559R. Hall Life Fisher in Fisher's Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. p. liii, Had not he bene other-wise perversly bent. 1663Cowley Verses Sev. Occas., To Royal Soc. iv, From Words, which are but Pictures of the Thought, (Tho' we our Thoughts from them perversely drew). 1727Harte Statius' Thebaid vi. 1090 The chiefs perversely blind Neglect the sign, nor see th' event behind. 1847Emerson Poems (1857) 91 Stream could not so perversely wind But corn of Guy's was there to grind. |

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