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Adverbial alternately has 1 sense
  1. alternately - in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"
    Derived from adjective     alternate(prenominal)3

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Alternately

Description:

Alternately is an adverb that refers to doing or occurring in turns, or in an alternating manner.

Examples:

Adverb:

  1. The children took turns pushing the swing alternately.
  2. We decided to paint the room alternately in blue and white stripes.

Conjunction:

  1. They argued for hours, alternately yelling and crying.
  2. We will consider your proposals, alternately, discussing them one by one.

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