- (a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.
- (n.) An adversative word.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "adversative" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/adversative/definitions/1971248> |