adversatively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adversative

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English adversatively

From adversative + -ly.

Adverb

adversatively (comparative more adversatively, superlative most adversatively)

1. In an adversative manner.

Translations

in an adversative manner

• Finnish: adversatiivisesti (fi)
• Portuguese: adversativamente