alternately - alternatively
- alternately - alternatively
◊ 'alternately'
You use
alternately to say that two actions or processes keep happening regularly after each other.
Each piece of material is washed alternately in soft water and coconut oil.
The little girl had alternately sulked and made scenes.
◊ 'alternatively'
You use
alternatively to give a different explanation from one that has just been mentioned, or to suggest a different course of action.
Or alternatively was he short of cash because he had never been to the Rosses' house at all?
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alternately / alternatively — Alternately means taking turns : We paddled alternately so neither of us would get too tired. Alternatively means as an option : Instead of going by train, we could have gone alternatively by car … Confused words
alternately / alternatively — Alternately means taking turns : We paddled alternately so neither of us would get too tired. Alternatively means as an option : Instead of going by train, we could have gone alternatively by car … Confused words
alternately — See alternate, alternately, alternative, alternatively … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
alternately — alternate ► VERB 1) occur or do in turn repeatedly. 2) change repeatedly between two contrasting conditions. ► ADJECTIVE 1) every other. 2) (of two things) each following and succeeded by the other in a regular pattern. 3) chiefly N. Amer.… … English terms dictionary
alternatively — See alternate, alternately, alternative, alternatively … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
alternatively — adverb alternatively, you can build your own barbecue Syn: on the other hand, as an alternative, or; otherwise, instead, if not, then again, alternately … Thesaurus of popular words
alternate, alternately, alternative, alternatively — As a verb, alternate means to change back and forth, to occur in successive turns. It is pronounced with primary accent on the first syllable and is usually followed by with: Sunny and rainy days alternate with each other at this season. As an… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
rather — Synonyms and related words: OK, Roger, a bit, a little, a rebours, absolutely, acceptably, adequately, after all, again, against the grain, albeit, all right, all the same, alright, alrighty, alternately, alternatively, although, amen, arsy varsy … Moby Thesaurus
rather — [adv1] moderately a bit, a little, averagely, comparatively, enough, fairly, in a certain degree, kind of, more or less, passably, pretty, quite, ratherish, reasonably, relatively, slightly, some, something, somewhat, sort of, so so*, tolerably,… … New thesaurus
List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… … Wikipedia
