That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel's flotsam, its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence.
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Disjunctive
//dɪsˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv//
Synonyms for "disjunctive" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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Antonyms
2 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
12 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- disjuntiu adj (not connected, separated)
- disjuntiu adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
- disjuntiu adj (tending to disjoin; separating)
Finnish
4 entries- disjunktiivinen adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
- disjunktiivinen adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
- erillinen adj (not connected, separated)
- eriyttävä adj (tending to disjoin; separating)
French
4 entries- disjonctif adj (not connected, separated)
- disjonctif adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
- disjonctif adj (tending to disjoin; separating)
- disjonctif adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
German
1 entries- disjunktiv adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
Hungarian
4 entries- diszjunktív adj (tending to disjoin; separating)
- diszjunktív adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
- elkülönült adj (not connected, separated)
- elválasztó adj (tending to disjoin; separating)
Ido
2 entries- disjuntiva adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
- disjuntiva adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
Italian
1 entries- disgiuntivo adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
Polish
1 entries- alternatywny adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
Portuguese
2 entries- disjuntivo adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
- disjuntivo adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
Romanian
1 entries- disjunctiv adj (logic: of or related to a disjunction)
Spanish
2 entries- disyuntivo adj (not connected, separated)
- disyuntivo adj (grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The words "but" and "or" are disjunctive conjunctions.
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[…] that the phrase should be articulated in one breath; failing this, Quantz recommends that breath should be taken wherever possible on tied notes, between disjunctive notes of continuous semiquavers or at other equivalent moments.
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An opposition of contrariety is not of purely logical concernment; and a disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety, in fact, consists of as many pure disjunctive syllogisms as there are opposing predicates.
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