Adversative
expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis:
“But” is an adversative conjunction.
an adversative word or proposition.
Historical Examples
But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.
An English Grammar W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
Then let him deliberately use the adversative but, and proceed to the discussion of B.
The Century Handbook of Writing Garland Greever
They accordingly emphasize the adversative idea, and are properly Subordinate adversative Clauses.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
Without the adversative, the colon is to be preferred: “Prosperity showeth vice: adversity, virtue.”
The Verbalist Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
Another example is, “Only the star dazzles; the planet has a faint, moon-like ray” (adversative).
An English Grammar W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
adjective
(of a word, phrase, or clause) implying opposition or contrast. But and although are adversative conjunctions introducing adversative clauses
noun
an adversative word or speech element
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