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adverbialize |
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adversaria |
adversarious |
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adversative
| adversative conjunction
| adverse
| adverse opinion
| adverse witness
| adversely
adversative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective adversative has 1 sense
- adversative(s = adj.all) oppositive - expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"
CIDE DICTIONARY
adversative, a. [L. adversativus, fr. adversari.].
Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. [1913 Webster]
adversative, n.
An adversative word. Harris. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adversative, adj. (of words etc.) expressing opposition or antithesis.
Derivative
adversatively adv.
Etymology
F adversatif -ive or LL adversativus f. adversari oppose f. adversus: see ADVERSE
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