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Meanings of
adversative
in English
Expressing antithesis or opposition.
oppositive
Related terms
disjunctive
No examples available for any of the synonyms
Usage of
adversative
in English
1
But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and
adversative
clauses, as in Sec.
2
They are sometimes
adversative
;
sometimes they are simply cumulative.
3
Another example is, "Only the star dazzles; the planet has a faint, moon-like ray"
(
adversative
)
.
4
Why use
adversatives
in the same breath with 'ride'?
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Frequent collocations
adversative clauses
sometimes adversative
Adversative
through the time