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alternatively
[ awl-tur-nuh-tiv-lee, al- ]
adverb
- as another choice or option:
At the end of the unit, each group of students writes a book review or, alternatively, acts out a short scene from the book.
- in a nonstandard, novel, or unconventional manner or style:
We found significant differences between the traditionally and alternatively certified teachers with regard to classroom experience.
You are not automatically more creative just because you're in an alternatively decorated meeting room.
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Other Words From
- qua·si-al·ter·na·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alternatively1
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Example Sentences
Sudden peace, buoyancy, contentment, or alternatively sorrow or physical pain.
Alternatively, there is an informal proposal to set up a special inquiry into atrocities in Syria.
Or, alternatively, we could run away scot-free down Fifth Avenue and pause now and then to inseminate someone.
Or, alternatively, why should we think that the way the state has currently determined that question is the correct one?
Alternatively, Paul could just coast to an easy senate reelection and enjoy life on the 2016 sidelines.
Alternatively mesta—curds; the usual form of dairy produce hereabouts—identical with Jaels Butter in a lordly dish.
Ellan or Hellan was alternatively entitled Hellas, and in Greek the word allos meant “the one”.
There is not a Day but some Assembly is held here at one House or another alternatively.
The name of the fat lad, known alternatively as Nick/Buster, and Bumpus, has been retained as in the original.
It was alternatively destroyed and rebuilt several times till its last reconstruction in 1853.
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