adversative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite expressing antithesis or opposition
    oppositive.
    • the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'

WordNet

Ad*ver"sa*tive adjective
Etymology
L. adversativus, fr. adversari.
Definitions
  1. Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.
Ad*ver"sa*tive noun
Definitions
  1. An adversative word. Harris.

Webster 1913