ADVERSATIVE

ADVERS'ATIVE, adjective Noting some difference, contrariety, or opposition; as, John is an honest man, but a fanatic. Here but is called an adversative conjunction. This denomination however is not always correct; for but does not always denote opposition, but something additional.ADVERS'ATIVE, noun A word denoting contrariety or opposition.

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adversative. Adversative, a. denoting opposition

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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.