Synonyms for perversely
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1. perverselyadverb

   deliberately deviant

   "his perversely erotic notions"

   Synonyms:
   contrariwise, contrarily

2. perversely, contrarily, contrariwiseadverb

   in a contrary disobedient manner

   Synonyms:
   on the contrary, the other way around, contrariwise, vice versa, to the contrary, contrarily

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1. David Carter:

   Too-strong economic data could perversely be a bad thing for markets if it caused the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, weak employment data may actually be welcomed.

2. Korean War.As:

   Any country or any army, no matter how powerful they used to be, standing against the trend of the international community and acting perversely... will surely backfire.

3. Kerr Finlayson:

   From an issuer's perspective, dollar funding still offers a good arbitrage and perversely you've seen more execution certainty in the euro space, but we're still at a point where it makes sense to issue in US dollars, but it's hard to tell if it will last as new issue premiums rise.

4. Joe Wald:

   It discriminates against smaller broker dealers who end up almost perversely subsidizing the cost of the whole exchange relationship for the largest firms.

5. Xu Hong:

   Some people, who do not know the truth, have questioned China's position of not accepting or participating in the arbitration, some others, who harbor ulterior motives, have made one-sided and misleading readings of the rules of international law, and, on that basis, made accusations or insinuations that China does not abide by law and perversely brand China a 'challenger' to international rules.