Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alternatively"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alternatively \Al*ter"na*tive*ly\, adv.
In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of
one out of two things.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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