Both Uses of
perverse
in
Northanger Abbey
- But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her.†
Chpt 1 *
- Nay, perverse as it seemed, she doubted whether she might not have felt less, had she been less attended to.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired