adversatively,adv.|ædˈvɜːsətɪvlɪ| [f.prec. + -ly2.] In an adversative manner; as expressing opposition. a1624Swinburne Spousals (1686) 100 [It] standeth adversatively establishing the contrary.1814Jamieson Hermes Scyth. 186 The terms would come to be applied adversatively.