English Dictionary

alternately

[ɔːlˈtɜɹnətlɪ]

adv

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

They took turns driving alternately.

意味（1）

In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

All night Katerina and I watched alternately, though, I shame to say, I slept more than I watched; and, having first ascertained that there was no change, I came directly hither.

意味（2）

(mathematics) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

意味（3）

(chiefly Canada, US, sometimes proscribed) Alternatively.

Downstairs, he was informed. That is, down the escalators, where there is both a women’s room (often with a line) and a men’s room (almost never with a line). Or alternately, he could ask the station master to buzz him into the “family” bathroom. He opted to go downstairs.