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Synonyms for adversative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ad-vur-suh-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ædˈvɜr sə tɪv



Définition of adversative

  • As in adversarial : adj opposing
Example sentences :
  • Then let him deliberately use the adversative but, and proceed to the discussion of B.
  • Extract from : « The Century Handbook of Writing » by Garland Greever
  • They accordingly emphasize the adversative idea, and are properly Subordinate Adversative Clauses.
  • Extract from : « New Latin Grammar » by Charles E. Bennett
  • Without the adversative, the colon is to be preferred: "Prosperity showeth vice: adversity, virtue."
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Another example is, "Only the star dazzles; the planet has a faint, moon-like ray" (adversative).
  • Extract from : « An English Grammar » by W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
  • But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.
  • Extract from : « An English Grammar » by W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

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