Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.
In which issues are tried through the presentation of evidence and argument by adverse parties, with no or limited inquiry by the court's own initiative.
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
Contrarily
One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
The opposite.