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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread adversial #174086 02/27/2008 10:11 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 JohnG stranger JohnG stranger Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Is it a word? What about oppositorial? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: adversial JohnG #174087 02/27/2008 11:31 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Don't you mean adversarial? I've never heard adversial, but adverse is another adjective. Same goes with the other word. The adjective is oppositional. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: adversial Hydra #174088 02/27/2008 12:23 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 JohnG stranger JohnG stranger Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Thank you for the clarification. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: adversial Hydra #174089 02/27/2008 12:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I don't find any mention of it in the B&M OED and there's no mention of it in onelook. It gets about 8800 google hits but some of them are really for adversarial. There does seem to be some legitimate presence but it may be a mistaken spelling of adversarial. If so, it's a relatively popular one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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