Meanings of feel perversely in English

Some women feel perversely flattered at being chosen by such men, as though they had been singled out from the ordinary run of womankind.

Hamilton felt perversely annoyed at the association between the boy's amateurishness and himself.

He felt perversely glad to have been forced to stay out for the night.

Although she did not care for his attentions she felt perversely piqued when she was not receiving them.

When a group of teenagers, standing on a street corner drinking beer, scream abuse and gesture obscenely, I can't help feeling perversely encouraged.

This was no bad thing, I must tell you, and I felt perversely gratified to see so little of Morrison's seed evident in their children.