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Webster 1913 Edition


Alternately

Al-ter′nate-ly

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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.
In reciprocal succession; by turns, so that each is succeeded by that which it succeeds, as night follows day and day follows night.

Definition 2024


alternately

alternately

English

Adverb

alternately (not comparable)

  1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
  2. (mathematics) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
  3. (proscribed) alternatively

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