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Adversative

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.

(2):

(n.) An adversative word.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adversative'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/adversative.html. 1828.