adversative

Example Sentences

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Companies that in the past had an adversative relationship with conservation groups have begun to take actions that are more than public relations.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is not their landlord, nor are they his tenants; and so far from their interests being in any way reciprocal, they are actually adversative.

From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

The adversative sentence faces, so to speak, half way about on but.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

The difficulty of preserving the effect of the Greek is increased by the want of adversative and inferential particles in English, and by the nice sense of tautology which characterizes all modern languages.

From Charmides by Jowett, Benjamin

They accordingly emphasize the adversative idea, and are properly Subordinate Adversative Clauses.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)