alternately

al·ter·nate  (ôltr-nt, l-)

v. al·ter·nat·ed, al·ter·nat·ing, al·ter·nates

v.intr.

1.

a. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.

b. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.

2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.

3. Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.

v.tr.

1. To do or execute by turns.

2. To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.

adj. (-nt)

1. Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year. See Usage Note at alternative.

2. Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.

3. Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan.

4. Botany

a. Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.

b. Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.

n. (-nt)

1. A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.

2. An alternative.

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[Latin alternre, alternt-, from alternus, by turns, from alter, other; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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alter·nate·ly adv.

alter·nate·ness n.

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alternately [ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ]

adv

in an alternating sequence or position

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

alternately - in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"

Translations

alternately [ɒlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ] ADV the meetings took place alternately in France and Germany → las reuniones se celebraron una vez en Francia y la siguiente en Alemania
he could alternately bully and charm people → un momento podía intimidar a la gente y al siguiente embelesarles
I lived alternately with my mother and my grandmother → vivía unas veces con mi madre y otras con mi abuela
she became alternately angry and calm → su ánimo iba de la ira a la calma y vice versa
we have Mondays off alternately → nos turnamos para librar el lunes

alternately [ɔːlˈtɜː^rnɪtli] adv (= by turns) → successivement, tour à tour
to cry and laugh alternately → passer du rire aux larmes
alternately fascinating and shocking → tantôt fascinant(e), tantôt choquant(e)

alternately

adv

(= in turn) → im Wechsel, wechselweise, (immer) abwechselnd

= alternatively

alternately [ɒlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ] adv → alternatamente