The phrase "as adversarial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a situation, relationship, or approach that is competitive or oppositional in nature.
Example: "The negotiations were tense, with both parties approaching the discussions as adversarial rather than collaborative."
Alternatives: "in a confrontational manner" or "in an antagonistic way."
"I don't want it to be as adversarial as it can end up being but it is trying to give a gentle prod at how people's behaviour can be at these festivals".
This model is appropriate in control situations where a controller must cope with plant behavior that is as adversarial as possible, i.e., the controller has partial information while the plant has perfect information.
I can't lie though -- there are times when demanding more can be just as adversarial as it sounds.
Their relationship starts off as adversarial and contentious because the boy has some anger issues, but they become bonded over time and the boy takes a genuine interest in the man's condition and his extraordinary talents.
This is what is known as "adversarial growth".
But Hegarty hopes his service is not seen as adversarial.
While I do see the IRB-researcher relationship as often adversarial (on both sides), if it helps, I have a more charitable explanation of this (and of IRB risk aversion) than the standard "agency capture" argument.
In brief, they argue that America's political parties have become as vehemently adversarial as the parties in a parliamentary system.
A number of presidents have appointed campaign advisers or administration officials to the Fed's board of governors, but there isn't recent precedent for someone as politically adversarial as Cain.
The book's cheery title is "It's Even Worse Than It Looks" (Basic Books), and its argument is encapsulated in its subtitle: "How the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism .The think-tankers' thesis is that America's political parties have become as vehemently adversarial as the parties in a parliamentary system.
Media coverage about David's killing sounded as impersonal and adversarial as a prosecutor's opening statement.
