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Alternatively

Alternatively \Al*ter"na*tive*ly\, adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.

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alternatively

adv. 1 in an alternative way 2 (context conjunctive English) (non-gloss definition: Used to link a pair of possibilities)

WordNet
alternatively

adv. in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car" [syn: as an alternative, instead, or else]

Usage examples of "alternatively".

Alternatively, CENTCOM could begin the ground war at the forty-five-day mark, which meant that it would be attacking with a complete Army division and complete Marine division.

This presupposes the mastery of the Black Sea, in which the Russians have at present an overwhelming naval superiority, involving the capture of Sebastopol and also of Novorossisk, the subsequent traversing of the Caucasus from Batum to Baku, or alternatively a movement north of the Black Sea and through the Caucasus from north to south.

Alternatively, how about burnt-orange arum lilies and Maggie Oei orchids, which are green with red centres, the whole thing rounded off with very tropical-looking galax leaves?

In short, we the hosts can either change our strategies about assimilating the immigrant flood or, alternatively, remain unchanged but dam the source of the deluge and do so under legal auspices.

Tonsillitis when the suppurating gland will not heal or, alternatively, to promote suppuration.

Alternatively, had they been permitted entry and surveilled, some larger results might have been possible had the FBI been patient.

Alternatively, consider how the banlieu of Paris has become a series of amorphous and indefinite spaces that promote isolation rather than any interaction or communication.

The reasoning was faultless: in lots of areas, right now, dwarfs or trolls were wandering around in groups or, alternatively, staying still in groups in case any of those wandering bastards tried any trouble in this neighbourhood.

The guard already had his knife out, a nasty-looking serrated weapon with a handguard consisting of a series of thick, needle-sharp spikes alternatively curving up and down from the base of the blade.

Alternatively, we would have to give the Maldives a wide berth and head north for the coast of India.

Alternatively, if the hole was stuck in the closed position, the grounds became a tidal wave of sludge that poured over the top, flooding the counter.

Or, alternatively, you poor, sad shmuck, you can walk 2,169 miles through mountains and wilderness to Maine.

Alternatively, my magic cyborg defensive system might diagnose the punch as sublethal, and do nothing.

Alternatively, they could prohibit all international transactions with the company, effectively forcing it out of overseas trade.

Alternatively, I undertake to pay off the balance of the mortgage on your current sleeve here on Earth and you may become a naturalised UN citizen.