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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. expressing antithesis or opposition;
- Example: "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"
[syn: adversative, oppositive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oppositive \Op*pos`i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. oppositif. See Opposite.] Capable of being put in opposition. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oppositive adj 1: expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" [syn: adversative, oppositive]