perversely

Etymology

perverse + -ly

adv

  1. In a perverse manner.
    There is another reason the films are so entertaining and successful, though (with the franchise earning more than $500 million dollars so far). Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced. 14 March 2023, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC

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