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contrastive
adjective
syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
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adjective
syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
“disjunctive conjunctions like ‘but’, ‘or’, or ‘though’ serve a contrastive function”
adjective
strikingly different; tending to contrast
“contrasting (or contrastive) colors”
adjective
of words so related that one contrasts with the other
“‘rich’ and ‘hard-up’ are contrastive terms”
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disjunctive conjunctions like ‘but’, ‘or’, or ‘though’ serve a contrastive function
contrasting (or contrastive) colors
‘rich’ and ‘hard-up’ are contrastive terms
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