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单词 adversatively
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adversativelyadv.

Brit. /ədˈvəːsətᵻvli/, U.S. /ədˈvərsədᵻvli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: adversative adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < adversative adj. + -ly suffix2, after post-classical Latin adversative (12th cent. in a British source; 1564 in the passage translated in quot. 1571).
In an adversative manner; so as to express opposition.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adverb]
witherc1200
contrariouslyc1380
overthwartlya1425
adversarilyc1475
incontrary1488
incontrair?a1500
contrairly1535
thwartly1558
adversatively1571
sinisterlya1600
kim-kam1603
antagonistically1610
cross1614
oppositively1622
thwarta1628
counter1643
reverse1649
counter-bias1656
contrariwise1682
contrarily1781
antipathetically1818
opposingly1842
hostilely1876
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adverb] > expressing opposition
adversatively1571
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adverb] > by antithesis
adversatively1571
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 17) i. f. 60/2 It [sc. a Hebrew word] myght also bee expounded adversatively [L. aduersatiue], that though Davids enemies had overmatched him, yit was hee saved neverthelesse.
a1623 H. Swinburne Treat. Spousals (1686) 100 [It] standeth adversatively establishing the contrary.
1738 R. Erskine Great Ruin & Great Relief 6 In our Reading, But in me is thy Help, it seems not to run argumentatively, but adversatively, as the opposite of the former Clause of the Verse.
1763 W. Crookshank tr. H. Witsius Oeconomy of Covenants (new ed.) II. iii. viii. 548 The particle but is in scripture often taken adversatively, to denote but only.
1814 J. Jamieson Hermes Scythicus 186 The terms would come to be applied adversatively.
1859 L. Grout Isizulu ii. v. 156 This form is also used in connection with the simple, sometimes adversatively, and sometimes for the sake of variety of expression.
1919 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 6 Feb. 151/2 I put the matter of continuance to a vote and three out of 120 voted adversatively.
1999 M. Rissanen in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lang. III. 312 In Early Modern English... as in Present-Day English, while can be used adversatively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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