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Two half brothers-joined in kinship, disjunctively opposite in color�prey on each other's weaknesses, but stay together in a communion of spirit that is full of laughter, envy, good intent and deep fears.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two half brothers�joined in kinship, disjunctively opposite in color�prey on each other's weaknesses, but stay together in a communion of spirit that is full of laughter, envy, good intent and deep fears.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whenever two or more pronouns of different persons, and of the singular number, follow each other disjunctively, the question of concord arises.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

It was amended so as to read collectively only, and not disjunctively.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.

The two processes are disjunctively connected in the language of both regulations.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.