adversative
/ədˈvəːsətɪv
/adjective Grammar
(Of a word or phrase) expressing opposition or antithesis.Davie qualifies bold assertions and subordinate escape-clauses, paradoxical epithets and sentences opening with an adversative link....
- The French ‘cela dit’ is adversative, whereas the English ‘that is to say’ conveys equivalency.
- This article will deal with a series of adversative conjunctions.
Origin
Late Middle English: from French adversatif, -ive or late Latin adversativus, from Latin adversari 'oppose', from adversus (see adverse).
- doli capax
- dolichocephalic
- dolichocephaly
- dolichopellic
- dolie
- doli incapax
- dolina
- doline
- Dolin, Sir Anton
- do-little
- D'Oliveira, Basil
- doll
- dollar
- dollar area
- dollarbird
- dollar diplomacy
- dollar gap
- dollarisation
- dollarization
- dollar mark
- dollar sign
- dollars to doughnuts
- Dollfuss, Engelbert
- dollhouse
- dollop