Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adversative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, a. [L. adversativus, fr.
adversari.]
Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an
adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an
adversative force. -- {Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, n.
An adversative word. --Harris.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adversative
adj : expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative
conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: {oppositive}]
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