All 3 Uses of
perverse
in
The Age of Innocence
- A spirit of perversity moved her son to rejoin: "I don't think it was a question of taste with her.†
Chpt 5
- There was something perverse and provocative in the notion of fur worn in the evening in a heated drawing-room, and in the combination of a muffled throat and bare arms; but the effect was undeniably pleasing.†
Chpt 12 *
- "Chiefly to enjoy good conversation, I understand," her husband retorted perversely; and she broke into an appreciative laugh.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(perverse) not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired