Adversatively

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adversative \Ad*ver"sa*tive\, a. [L. adversativus, fr.
     adversari.]
     Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an
     adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an
     adversative force. -- {Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly}, adv.
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