alternately
adv/ɔːlˈtɜɹnətlɪ/UK/ˈɔl.tɚ.nət.li/US
Etymology
From alternate + -ly.
- derived from alternō
- borrowed from alternātus
Definitions
In reciprocal succession
In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
- 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.
- Well, I can't help noticing that you insult me and then you're polite to me alternately.
By alternation
By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
Alternatively.
- Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for alternately. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA