disjunctive
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dis·junc·tive
(dĭs-jŭngk'tĭv) 
adj.
A disjunctive conjunction.
disjunctively dis·junc'tive·ly adv.
adj.
- Serving to separate or divide.
- Grammar. Serving to establish a relationship of contrast or opposition. The conjunction but in the phrase poor but comfortable is disjunctive.
- Logic.
- Of a proposition that presents two or more alternative terms.
- Of a syllogism that contains a disjunction as one premise.
A disjunctive conjunction.
disjunctively dis·junc'tive·ly adv.
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