ALL meanings of alternatively
al·ter·na·tive
A a - adverb alternatively You use alternatively to introduce a suggestion or to mention something different to what has just been stated. 3
- noun alternatively a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking. 1
- noun alternatively one of the things, propositions, or courses of action that can be chosen: The alternative to riding is walking. 1
- noun alternatively a possible or remaining course or choice: There was no alternative but to walk. 1
- 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
- noun alternatively As another option or possibility. 1
- adverb alternatively otherwise, or 1
- adverb alternatively in an alternative way. 0
- adverb alternatively (conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities. 0