adversative

1. (linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.Examples: "In Matthew's Q-source, this short sentence may have been introduced by the strong adversative conjunction, "but" (alla)."not-comparable

2. (linguistics) Expressing adverse effect.Examples: "In an adversative causative, the "causer" has only a nominal status and is, in actuality, a victim of the situation ..."; "This type of 'get-passive' typically bears adversative connotation, i.e. it is not used to express passives if the patient is not somewhat negatively affected by the event."; "The adversative passive sentence expresses that the subject of the sentence is affected, usually adversely, by what is expressed in the rest of the sentence."not-comparable