What does alternately mean?
Definitions for alternately
al·ter·nate·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
alternatelyadverb
in an alternating sequence or position
"They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"
Wiktionary
alternatelyadverb
In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
alternatelyadverb
By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Alternatelyadverb
In reciprocal succession, so that each shall be succeeded by that which it succeeds, as, light follows darkness, and darkness follows light.
Etymology: from alternate.
The princess Melesinda, bath’d in tears,
And toss’d alternately with hopes and fears,
Would learn from you the fortunes of her lord. Dryden.Unhappy man! whom sorrow thus and rage
To different ills alternately engage. Matthew Prior.The rays of light are, by some cause or other, alternately disposed to be reflected or refracted for many vicissitudes. Newton.
ChatGPT
alternately
Alternately refers to two or more things happening or following one after the other in a repeated pattern or order. It can also mean switching back and forth between two states or conditions.
Webster Dictionary
Alternatelyadverb
in reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order
Alternatelyadverb
by alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent
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Alternately
Alternately vs. Alternatively -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Alternately and Alternatively.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alternately in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alternately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of alternately in a Sentence
First of all, it's not been explained, and secondly, it's going to create rate shock, so we believe that it should be alternately suspended for now, we don't know the methodology they employ ; we don't know the conclusions they came up to.
With no explanation for what theMooses condition is and boy, is whatTravoltadoing a choice Durstand his main star have, rather than giving us a character, merely offered up a hapless, carnival figure of laughable madness, alternately impossible and improbable.
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