adversative meaning

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adversative (adjective): expressing antithesis or opposition.

Definition of adversative

  1. expressing antithesis or opposition
    • the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'

    Synonyms: oppositive

    Similar: disjunctive

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AD · words ending in VE · 11-letter words

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