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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in place of, or as an alternative to;
- Example: "Felix became a herpetologist instead"
- Example: "alternatively we could buy a used car"
[syn: alternatively, instead, or else]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alternatively \Al*ter"na*tive*ly\, adv.
   In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of
   one out of two things.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alternatively
    adv 1: in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a
           herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a
           used car" [syn: alternatively, instead, or else]