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Definition of Adversative
1. Adjective. Expressing antithesis or opposition. "The adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"
Definition of Adversative
1. a. Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.
2. n. An adversative word.
Definition of Adversative
1. [n -S]