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View synonyms for adversative
adversative
[ ad-vur-suh-tiv ]
adjective
- expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis:
“But” is an adversative conjunction.
noun
- an adversative word or proposition.
adversative
/ ədˈvɜːsətɪv /
adjective
- (of a word, phrase, or clause) implying opposition or contrast. But and although are adversative conjunctions introducing adversative clauses
noun
- an adversative word or speech element
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- ad·versa·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adversative1
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Example Sentences
Without the adversative, the colon is to be preferred: "Prosperity showeth vice: adversity, virtue."
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Another example is, "Only the star dazzles; the planet has a faint, moon-like ray" (adversative).
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They are sometimes adversative; sometimes they are simply cumulative.
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The que here has a slight adversative force, as is often the case with et.
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But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.
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