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ad•ver•sa•tive



Pronunciation: (ad-vûr'su-tiv), [key]
—adj.
expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis: “But” is an adversative conjunction.

—n.
an adversative word or proposition.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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