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Oppositionally vs Oppositional - What's the difference?

oppositionally | oppositional | Derived terms |

Oppositionally is a derived term of oppositional.


As an adverb oppositionally

is in terms of, or by means of, opposition.

As an adjective oppositional is

of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.

oppositionally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In terms of, or by means of, opposition.

    • oppositional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 10, author=Steven Lee Myers, title=Kasparov, Building Opposition to Putin, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia. }}

    Derived terms

    *oppositionally *oppositionality