Disjunctive Definition & Meaning

expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"

serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive

of words so related that one contrasts with the other

of or relating to a military division; "divisional artillery" serving to divide or marking a division

occurring or falling between events or points in time; "so much had happened during the intervening years"

expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'"

(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree