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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.