The Only Use of
perverse
in
Brave New World
- But in spite of this knowledge and these admissions, in spite of the fact that his friend's support and sympathy were now his only comfort, Bernard continued perversely to nourish, along with his quite genuine affection, a secret grievance against the Savage, to mediate a campaign of small revenges to be wreaked upon him.†
p. 179..5
Definition:
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(perverse) not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired