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Having a tendency to overthrow, upset, or destroy.

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Usage examples (31)
  • If somebody is inserting the word subversively, I salute you. thanks Nir, Maha, and Sasa
  • Thus, the film's title subversively operates as correlating a horrifying filmic product with a nation that would no doubt reject that product.
  • I like subversively cool things, but this...this is just..
  • And that, quite simply (and subversively), makes you feel evil.
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