adversative
Example Sentences
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Ginsburg explicitly said it “may be assumed” that most women did not want to go through the adversative model of VMI.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
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 Brainerd Kellogg
Now, nothing, on the other hand, could be more adversative to this, than the conduct, temper, and principles of his brother and sister.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
The adversative particle refers to the two first lines.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
