dis|junc´tive|ly

dis|junc´tive|ly
dis|junc|tive «dihs JUHNGK tihv», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. causing separation; separating.
2. Grammar. showing a choice or contrast between two ideas, words, clauses, etc. But, yet, and either…or are disjunctive conjunctions. Otherwise and else are disjunctive adverbs.
3. Logic. involving alternatives. A disjunctive proposition asserts that one or the other of two things is true but both cannot be true. Also, discretive.
–n.
1. Grammar. a disjunctive conjunction.
2. Logic. a statement involving alternatives.
dis|junc´tive|ly, adverb.

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  • dis — dis·accord; dis·advantage; dis·affect; dis·aggregate; dis·ap·pear; dis·array; dis·bar; dis·burse; dis·card; dis·charge; dis·ci·ple; dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an; dis·ci·pline; dis·claim; dis·close; dis·co; dis·co·glos·sid; dis·coid; dis·coi·dal;… …   English syllables

  • tive — ab·duc·tive; ab·duc·tive·ly; ab·er·ra·tive; ab·re·ac·tive; ab·sorp·tive; ab·strac·tive; ac·cel·er·a·tive; ac·com·mo·da·tive; ac·cre·tive; ac·cul·tur·a·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·quis·i·tive; ac·quis·i·tive·ness; adapt·a·tive; ad·duc·tive;… …   English syllables

  • junc — ab·junc·tion; ad·junc·tion; ad·junc·tive; cer·a·to·con·junc·ti·vi·tis; con·junc·tion; con·junc·tion·al; con·junc·ti·va; con·junc·ti·vi·tis; con·junc·ture; dis·junc·tiv·i·ty; dis·junc·tor; in·junc·tion; in·ter·junc·tion; junc; junc·tion·al;… …   English syllables

  • disjunctively — dis·junc·tive·ly …   English syllables

  • disjunctive — dis•junc•tive [[t]dɪsˈdʒʌŋk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) serving or tending to disjoin 2) gram. a) syntactically setting two or more expressions in opposition to each other, as but in poor but happy, or expressing an alternative, as or in this or that[/ex]… …   From formal English to slang

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  • disjunctive allegation — dis·junc·tive allegation /dis jəŋk tiv / n: an allegation that is unclear in meaning because it includes the word or in charging the defendant with two or more wrongful acts ◇ Disjunctive allegations are inadmissible. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary …   Law dictionary

  • Disjunctive — Dis*junc tive, n. (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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