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  • adverb In a subversive manner.

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subversive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • If somebody is inserting the word subversively, I salute you. thanks Nir, Maha, and Sasa

    Saturday, September 30, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • Thus, the film's title subversively operates as correlating a horrifying filmic product with a nation that would no doubt reject that product.

    Film School Rejects - Latest Comments Pazi sta radis 2010

  • As a resident of China for two decades and a Mandarin-speaking China-watcher for three decades, I can say without any doubt that those words will resonate far more deeply -- and potentially more "subversively" or "destabilizingly" -- than any overt thumb-in-the-eye hectoring that any foreigner or foreign leader might muster, in public or private.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

  • As a resident of China for two decades and a Mandarin-speaking China-watcher for three decades, I can say without any doubt that those words will resonate far more deeply - and potentially more "subversively" or "destabilizingly" - than any overt thumb-in-the-eye hectoring that any foreigner or foreign leader might muster, in public or private.

    The Mahablog 2009

  • As a resident of China for two decades and a Mandarin-speaking China-watcher for three decades, I can say without any doubt that those words will resonate far more deeply - and potentially more "subversively" or "destabilizingly" - than any overt thumb-in-the-eye hectoring that any foreigner or foreign leader might muster, in public or private.

    The Mahablog 2009

  • So how do we engage "subversively", so that they're learning without realizing it but that it still influences their life? and, part 6, where the group identifies the winnowed-down list of questions they want to wrestle with:

    ysmarko 2009

  • Beyond being shockingly profane and subversively hilarious, there was the shock that someone actually licensed this thing.

    29 « October « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

  • The pirates showed “quite clearly - and subversively - that ships did not have to be run in the brutal and oppressive ways of the merchant service and the Royal navy.”

    Blog De Ganz | Archive | April 2009

  • Shows like Modern Family and Glee -- huge hits -- subversively undermine homophobia with comedy, and millions of viewers join in the fun.

    Byron Kennard: Name Your Poison: Gay Marriage or Global Warming? Byron Kennard 2011

  • Beyond being shockingly profane and subversively hilarious, there was the shock that someone actually licensed this thing.

    Seconds 2009

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