alternately
/ˈɔl.tɚ.nət.li/ adverbe C1En français : alternativement
- In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. · Driving downtown is restricted to bikes with odd and even license plate numbers alternately by day of the month.
- By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
- Alternatively.
Dans la bibliothèque
Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as for the baby, it was sneezing and howling alternately without a moment’s pause.
In his singular character the dual nature alternately asserted itself, and his extreme exactness and astuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction against the poetic and contemplative mood which occasionally predominated in him.
“What, no wine?” said Dantès, turning pale, and looking alternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empty cupboards.
“The usurper’s conversion!” murmured the duke, looking at the king and Dandré, who spoke alternately, like Virgil’s shepherds.
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