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Good grief, I look at this new-to-me word and my mind wants to jump to "oppossum"! Adversative is a new word for me, too. You've stumped Gurunet with oppositive, but it likes: ad·ver·sa·tive (ăd-vûr'sə-tĭv) adj.
Expressing antithesis or opposition: the adversative conjunction but.
n. A word that expresses antithesis or opposition.
[Latin adversātīvus, from adversātus, past participle of adversārī, to oppose, from adversus, against. See adverse.] Now I'm wondering: are either of these words ever used to describe anything but 'but'? Are they used for conjunctions only? Couldn't terms like "extra-large shrimp" also be described using either of these words? What if the ex. read poor and happy? Would the and be considered an oppositive/adversative?
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