alternately

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in an alternating sequence or position

   They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing.

2. 2
   adv

   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.

3. 3
   adv

   Alternatively.

   Downstairs, he was informed. That is, down the escalators, where there is both a women’s room (often with a line) and a men’s room (almost never with a line). Or alternately, he could ask the station master to buzz him into the “family” bathroom. He opted to go downstairs.

4. 4
   adv

   By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

From alternate + -ly.

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