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Alternately

/[ɔːlˈtɜɹnətlɪ]/ adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. not-comparable

    "All night Katerina and I watched alternately, though, I shame to say, I slept more than I watched; and, having first ascertained that there was no change, I came directly hither."

  2. 2
    By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Alternatively. Canada, US, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes

    "Downstairs, he was informed. That is, down the escalators, where there is both a women’s room (often with a line) and a men’s room (almost never with a line). Or alternately, he could ask the station master to buzz him into the “family” bathroom. He opted to go downstairs."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an alternating sequence or position wordnet

Etymology

From alternate + -ly.

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