What does alternatively mean?
Definitions for alternatively
al·ter·na·tive·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
alternatively, instead, or elseadverb
in place of, or as an alternative to
"Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"
Wiktionary
alternativelyadverb
in an alternative way
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Alternativelyadverb
In alternate manner; by turns; reciprocally.
Etymology: from alternative.
An appeal alternatively made may be tolerated by the civil law as valid. John Ayliffe, Parergon.
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alternatively
Alternatively refers to the concept of considering another option, possibility, or choice, usually in contrast to one already proposed. It implies a substitute or a different way of doing something.
Webster Dictionary
Alternativelyadverb
in the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things
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Alternatively
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Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'alternatively' in Adverbs Frequency: #318
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alternatively in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alternatively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of alternatively in a Sentence
Fear can lead us to lash out against those who are different or lead us to try to get some sinister 'other' under control, alternatively, fear can lead us to succumb to despair or paralysis or cynicism.
Reasons for such a sex difference are still unknown, but may involve the different roles that obesity, sex hormones, and metabolic hormones play in men versus women, alternatively, women may have chosen' healthier' ultraprocessed foods.
Our new research suggests that searches for extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations not only reveals the existence of how life forms, but also gives us clues for how long our own civilization will last, if we find that intelligent life is common then this would reveal that our civilization could exist for much longer than a few hundred years, alternatively if we find that there are no active civilizations in our Galaxy it is a bad sign for our own long-term existence. By searching for extraterrestrial intelligent life — even if we find nothing — we are discovering our own future and fate.
Perhaps during the following 11.7 billion years of cosmic history, XMM-2599 will become the central member of one of the brightest and most massive clusters of galaxies in the local universe, alternatively, it could continue to exist in isolation. Or we could have a scenario that lies between these two outcomes.
Alternatively, fear can lead us to succumb to despair or paralysis or cynicism, fear can feed our most selfish impulses and erode the bonds of community.
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- بدلا من ذلكArabic
- alternativamentCatalan, Valencian
- oder aber, hilfsweise, andernfalls, beziehungsweise, alternativ, andererseits, ersatzweiseGerman
- vaihtoehtoisestiFinnish
- alternativementFrench
- in alternativaItalian
- 또는Korean
- ewentualniePolish
- alternativnoSerbo-Croatian
- อีกทางเลือกหนThai
- ya da, alternativ olarakTurkish
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