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.
Stephen King