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adversative

/æd'vɜrsətɪv/

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adjective
expressing antithesis or opposition
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"the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"

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oppositive disjunctive

Examples of adversative

"the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"