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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adversative \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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, n. An adversative word --Harris. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adversative adj : expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: {oppositive}]
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