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View synonyms for alternately

alternately

/ ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ /

adverb

  1. in an alternating sequence or position


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Wiseman as Samuel is alternately Devil-child and a cute young kid.

What an alternately messed up, irresistibly catchy, reprehensible, utterly charming holiday classic.

Somehow this guy survives, alternately running into the nearby water and charging at the lions.

Forbes magazine has alternately called Hanauer insane and ignorant.

They named their new community Nea Levissi, or New Levissi, as their original town was alternately known.

For his heart seemed alternately full and empty; all the life he had was centred there.

It was not dark, for two little stars, a pale sun and a red moon, alternately illumined all parts.

All the wings are of a gray colour beneath, the fringe being alternately white and brown.

They are part of a family of eight children, four of whom are dumb, the dumb and the speakers being born alternately.

Cast on a hundred stitches with white wool, and knit and pearl alternately for four rows.

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