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.