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adversative

[ ad-vur-suh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis:
“But” is an adversative conjunction.

adversative

/ ədˈvɜːsətɪv /

(of a word, phrase, or clause) implying opposition or contrast. But and although are adversative conjunctions introducing adversative clauses

1525–35; < Late Latin adversātīvus, equivalent to adversāt ( us ) (past participle of adversārī to resist; adverse, -ate ¹ ) + -īvus -ive

Without the adversative, the colon is to be preferred: "Prosperity showeth vice: adversity, virtue."

Another example is, "Only the star dazzles; the planet has a faint, moon-like ray" (adversative).

They are sometimes adversative; sometimes they are simply cumulative.

The que here has a slight adversative force, as is often the case with et.

But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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