1showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable:Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate held good
2contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice:in two general elections the outcome was quite perverse
Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law.
3sexually perverted:an evil life dedicated to perverse pleasurefilms depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption
perversely
adverb
[sentence adverb]:perversely, she felt nearer to tears now than at any other moment in the conversation