1642, w, A platonick song of the soul Chapter The Immortal Soul, If soul were the material form of the body, it would be no better than the lower "Mundane sprite," which has no animadversive power either.
1843, "City Election," Punch, vol. 5, p. 181:The disgraceful conduct of the Returning Officer for the City of London Election has been the subject of animadversive conversation in our own particular circle.
1863, George Pound, "Reading Branch: President's Address," British Medical Journal, vol. 2, p. 33:The conduct of the medical practioner was denounced by one of the jurors as "mercenary"; and a special verdict, animadversive of the practice (if it be a practice) was entered.
