adversarial
/ad-ver-SAIR-ee-ul/adjectiveinvolving conflict or opposition
“Cross-examination is adversarial by design.”
- Synonyms
- antagonistic, hostile, oppositional
- Antonyms
- cooperative, amicable
- Root
- vers- (turn)
- Memory hook
- ad + vers (turned): turned against each other.
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