alternatively
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3.5
- adverb
- /ɔːlˈtɜrnətɪvli/
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- Alternatively, we could order a pizza?
I want to know what your favorite, most used highlights are, and alternatively, the least used.
- I want to know what your favorite, most used highlights are, and alternatively, the least used.
- But where, or alternatively, when, does the work of musical art reside?
- Or alternatively, will her teacher who understands dyslexia smile and provide her with a choice?
- It forces Ministers to address these matters in Parliament and not either through a media outlet of their choosing or alternatively, not at all.
- I feel like there's something else, but alternatively there might not be.
- And alternatively, although again this is suggestive, it can be made very precise.
Examples
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Alternatively, many who committed terrorist acts called themselves anarchist, but really weren't.
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It's an eighteen-hour trip, which breaks down into six shifts of three hours each, or alternatively we could break it down by mileage.
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I want to know what your favorite, most used highlights are, and alternatively, the least used.
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Or alternatively, you could use a different geometry.
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Alternatively, one hospital's health care providers may refer or transfer patients to another hospital.
Academic text (2011) -
Alternatively, white and Hispanic families were more likely to eat together than Black families.
Academic text (1999) -
Alternatively, the use of filmed survivor testimony allows students to "meet" survivors, if only through modern media.
Academic text (2011) -
Alternatively, if such schemes proceed against the will of indigenous communities, matters of appropriate compensation will arise.
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Alternatively, ranchers could protect streams using fencing to keep livestock fecal matter from entering waterways.
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We could go to the park, or alternatively, we could stay home and watch a movie.
Synonyms
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In place of something else
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Instead of that, say or do something different
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To show a different idea or possibility
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Surface Forms
Morphology
alternatively = alternative (transparent) = alternative + ly
Formed by the adjective 'alternative' plus the productive adverbial suffix '-ly', yielding the expected meaning 'in an alternative way'.
Etymology
Alternatively comes from the root alter meaning 'other', and from the words alternate and alternative, so it is used to introduce an 'other' option or choice. So when you say alternatively, you are offering something different to consider.