Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
alternately
Adverb
/ɔːlˈtɜːrnətli/
Definition
In a manner that alternates; in rotation or succession.
Examples
- She worked alternately on her painting and her writing.
- The lights flashed alternately between red and green.
- They alternately agreed and disagreed during the discussion.
Meaning
The term ‘alternately’ refers to doing something in turns or one after the other, rather than all at once.
Synonyms
- successively
- intermittently
- consecutively
