slightly perverse

Frequency: 5.24.5 per million words

to a small degree

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Examples (10)

  • His humor often had a slightly perverse edge to it, which some people found amusing.
  • She found his argument slightly perverse, given the clear evidence against it.
  • There was a slightly perverse satisfaction in seeing her rival fail.
  • He seemed to take a slightly perverse delight in making others uncomfortable.
  • The new policy had a slightly perverse outcome, discouraging the very behavior it aimed to promote.
  • It felt slightly perverse to enjoy such a dark comedy.
  • His reaction was slightly perverse, as if he preferred the difficult path.
  • She detected a slightly perverse logic in his stubborn refusal.
  • There's a slightly perverse beauty in the way the old building is decaying.
  • He confessed to a slightly perverse fascination with true crime documentaries.