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adversarious

UK/ˌæd.vəˈsɛəɹi.əs/US/ˌæd.vɚˈsɛɹi.əs/

adversarious adjective: hostile; adversarial.

Adjective

adversarious (comparative more adversarious, superlative most adversarious)

  1. (archaic) hostile; adversarial
    • It is only when actually engaged in this vindication that I can regard you as an adversary: in the intervals, when that occupation is suspended, I am not sensible of any adversarious feeling1826, Robert Southey, Letters to Charles Butler, Esq.

Forms of adversarious

comparativemore adversarious
superlativemost adversarious

Words that rhyme with adversarious

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Questions about adversarious

What does adversarious mean?
Adversarious means hostile; adversarial.
What part of speech is adversarious?
Adversarious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce adversarious?
Adversarious is pronounced /ˌæd.vəˈsɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near adversarious in the dictionary

  1. adversariality
  2. adversarially
  3. adversarialness
  4. adversaries
  5. adversariness
  6. adversarious
  7. adversary
  8. adversative
  9. adversatively
  10. adversativeness
  11. adversatives

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