Associations to the word «Adversative»
Wiktionary
ADVERSATIVE, adjective. (linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.
ADVERSATIVE, noun. (rare) (dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.
Dictionary definition
ADVERSATIVE, adjective. Expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.