alternatively adjective
al·ter·na·tive
The adjective form of alternatively is alternative
A aDefinitions
- adjective alternatively affording a choice of two or more things, propositions, or courses of action. 1
- adjective alternatively (of two things, propositions, or courses) mutually exclusive so that if one is chosen the other must be rejected: The alternative possibilities are neutrality and war. 1
- adjective alternatively employing or following nontraditional or unconventional ideas, methods, etc.; existing outside the establishment: an alternative newspaper; alternative lifestyles. 1
- adjective alternatively Logic. (of a proposition) asserting two or more choices, at least one of which is true. 1