Associations to the word «Alternately»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALTERNATELY, adverb. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
ALTERNATELY, adverb. (mathematics) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
ALTERNATELY, adverb. (proscribed) alternatively
Dictionary definition
ALTERNATELY, adverb. In an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.