ALTERNATIVELY Definition & Meaning

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alternatively

[ awl-tur-nuh-tiv-lee, al- ]

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adverb

as another choice or option:
At the end of the unit, each group of students writes a book review or, alternatively, acts out a short scene from the book.
in a nonstandard, novel, or unconventional manner or style:
We found significant differences between the traditionally and alternatively certified teachers with regard to classroom experience.
You are not automatically more creative just because you're in an alternatively decorated meeting room.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of alternatively¹

alternative + -ly

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Or alternatively Trump could offer Russia more concessions to get a deal over the line, a possibility that worries some here in Kyiv.

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Justin Szlasa said signs would have been better than fences, or, alternatively, improving the trails in question to make them safer.

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Some people in many African countries believe that magic charms made from human body parts will bring them good luck, for example to become rich, or alternatively to curse their enemies.

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He claimed the boy was in Florida with his paternal grandparents, adopted by a California woman and then alternatively abandoned at a Los Angeles hospital, the complaint shows.

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"You can have a lot of social interaction and still be lonely or, alternatively, be relatively isolated and not feel lonely," Graham said.

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