adversative
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
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
He is not their landlord, nor are they his tenants; and so far from their interests being in any way reciprocal, they are actually adversative.
From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
They are sometimes adversative; sometimes they are simply cumulative.
From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd
But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.
From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt
They accordingly emphasize the adversative idea, and are properly Subordinate Adversative Clauses.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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