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Webster 1913 Edition
Alternately
Al-ter′nate-ly
,adv.
1.
In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
2.
(Math.)
By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Alternately
ALTERN'ATELY
,adv.
Definition 2024
alternately
alternately
English
Adverb
alternately (not comparable)
- In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
- (mathematics) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
- (proscribed) alternatively
Translations
succeding by turns
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