perversely

1. 1.

   deliberately deviant

   “his perversely erotic notions”
2. 2.

   in a contrary disobedient manner

   Synonymscontrarilycontrariwise

Questions about perversely

What does perversely mean?

perversely means "deliberately deviant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perversely?

perversely has 3 syllables: per-ver-sely. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /pɚˈvɝsli/.

What is another word for perversely?

Close synonyms include contrarily, contrariwise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perversely a common word?

perversely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perversely?

2 words rhyme with perversely. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.