adversative
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of adversative
1525–35; < Late Latin adversātīvus, equivalent to adversāt ( us ) (past participle of adversārī to resist; see adverse, -ate 1) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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Companies that in the past had an adversative relationship with conservation groups have begun to take actions that are more than public relations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hence it only remains to ascribe the judgment to him as the causa principalis.—If the three angels were equals, it would be impossible to explain the adversative clause in chap. xviii.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
The adversative particle refers to the two first lines.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur
Without the adversative, the colon is to be preferred: "Prosperity showeth vice: adversity, virtue."
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
Other words of an adversative nature are yet, however, nevertheless, only, notwithstanding, and still.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
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