fairly perverse
Frequency: 4.53.1 per million words
to a moderate or reasonable degree
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Examples (10)
- His refusal to cooperate seemed fairly perverse given the circumstances.
- The decision to increase taxes on the poor was fairly perverse.
- She found his constant contradiction to be fairly perverse.
- It's fairly perverse to ignore scientific evidence in favor of superstition.
- Some critics argued that the new policy was fairly perverse in its intent.
- His logic, though clever, often led to fairly perverse conclusions.
- The child's insistence on doing the opposite was fairly perverse.
- It struck me as fairly perverse that he would refuse such a good offer.
- To claim that ignorance is strength is a fairly perverse notion.
- The system had a fairly perverse effect on individual initiative.