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One recent Canadian study suggested perhaps one in three of us might be aversely affected by other people fidgeting, experiencing intense feelings of rage, torture and disgust.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

Not aversely, as it turned out, though the game itself presented another crowded menu of challenges.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2013

"A lot of our medications are for 'disease states,' such as Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, things that can be aversely affected by increased weight," Stevens says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2010

Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

That they kindled the pyre aversely, or turning their face from it, was an handsome symbol of unwilling ministration.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir