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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
- 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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