adversative
adj/ədˈvɝsəˌtɪv/US
Etymology
From Latin adversativus (“of conjunctions, expressing opposition”).
Definitions
Expressing opposition or difference.
- In Matthew's Q-source, this short sentence may have been introduced by the strong adversative conjunction, "but" (alla).
Expressing adverse effect.
- In an adversative causative, the "causer" has only a nominal status and is, in actuality, a victim of the situation ...
- This type of 'get-passive' typically bears adversative connotation, i.e. it is not used to express passives if the patient is not somewhat negatively affected by the event.
- The adversative passive sentence expresses that the subject of the sentence is affected, usually adversely, by what is expressed in the rest of the sentence.
Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for adversative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA