alternatelyadv.

Brit.

/ɔːlˈtəːnᵻtli/,

/ɒlˈtəːnᵻtli/, U.S.

/ˈɔltərnətli/,

/ˈɑltərnətli/

Forms: late Middle English alternatly, late Middle English (in a late copy)– alternately, 1500s alternatelye.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin alternāt- , alternāre , -ly suffix².

Etymology: < classical Latin alternāt-, past participial stem of alternāre (see alternate v.) + -ly suffix², probably after classical Latin alternātim alternatim adv.; compare Anglo-Norman alternatiment (a1321 or earlier). Compare later alternate adj., alternate adv., and also alternatively adv. and the French adverb cited at that entry.

1. In alternate order; one after the other, in turn.In early use with reference to the mutual setting of seals to agreements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb]

changeablyc1384

alternately1432

interchangeably1483

handy-dandya1529

time about1537

by course1548

at (by) intervals1588

alternatively1591

reciprocally1603

by reprises1607

alternally1627

alterably1635

altern1667

alternate1715

by vicissitudes1749

alternatingly1845

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > alternately in order or position

changeablyc1384

alternately1432

alternatim1619

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [adverb] > alternately

alternately1432

alternatim1619

Box and Cox1902

1432 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 391 (MED) In witnesse..the parties befornseyd to thise presents endentures alternatly han set her selys.

1466 Contract 25 June in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 94 (MED) To alle these couenauntes..The same parties byndeth theym, yche of hem to other, alternatly fast by these presentes.

a1525 (?1472) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 379 (MED) Will. Bryscow shuld putt-in a bill endented and insealed of thappoyntementes taken betwix the Citee & hym..And Þerto accordyng, billes wer alternately made & sealed.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Alternatelye, or by turne. Subalternatim.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 96 Parallels or like relations alternately releeve each other.

1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 68 Singing Psalmes alternately.

1744 F. Moore Voy. Georgia 42 The Indians..rowed..by taking a short and long Stroke alternately, which they called the Yamassee Stroke.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xliii. 617 The sea alternately advanced and retreated.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 620 Lumley and Portman had alternately watched the Duke.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. xviii. 154 The current runs alternately east and west.

1934 C. Brooks Jrnl. 7 Dec. (1998) 67 He..sat me in his chair while he alternately sat on a settee or paced the quarter deck.

1999 New Musical Express 30 Oct. 35/5 He twirls like an ageing dervish delivering flourishes of gypsy violin and upper-register guitar alternately.

†2. Mathematics. By interchanging the second and third terms (of a given proportion). Cf. alternate proportion n. at alternate adj., adv., and n. Compounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adverb]

alternately1570

homographically1859

birationally1915

homoeomorphically1927

homotopically1930

isomorphically1935

homomorphically1941

isometrically1959

symplectically1959

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. xvi. f. 144 ^v If therefore there be foure magnitudes proportionall, then alternately also they are proportionall.

1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 18 If A:B::C:D, then alternately compar'd it will be as A:C::B:D.

1793 T. Malton New Royal Road Geom. 6 1, 3, 12, and 36 are proportional Numbers; and, taken thus, or alternately, by changing the two middle Terms (as 1 to 12, so is 3 to 36) 'tis still the same.

1846 C. Davies Elem. Algebra (1850) 231 Quantities are said to be in proportion by alternation, or alternately, when antecedent is compared with antecedent and consequent with consequent.

3. Chiefly Botany. With reference to position: in alternate positions, on each side in turn. alternately pinnate adj. = alternate-pinnate adj. at alternate adj., adv., and n. Compounds.Quot. 1728 refers to alternate angles (see alternate adj. 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on every side > on each side in turn

alternately1633

alternatively1707

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. cxii. 167 The stalke..hath vsually growing theron some fiue or six floures hanging one way, though their stalkes grow alternately out of each side of the maine stemme.

1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 278 Having..oblong broad Leaves alternately set.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Alternate There are also two external Angles, alternately opposite to the internal ones.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vi. 183 Alternately Pinnate; when the Folioles are produced alternately.

1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 425 The riddle is a piece of wood or metal with sloping pins, which lean alternately opposite ways.

1913 J. E. Rogers Bk. Useful Plants 18 These glumes are set alternately upon the stem.

1965 G. J. Jones Fund. Workshop Technol. viii. 134 (in figure) The teeth are alternately right-hand and left-hand angle and have a positive rake.

1976 I. A. Abbott & G. J. Hollenberg Marine Algae Calif. 734 Main axes of erect fronds compressed,..irregularly alternately pinnate.

2002 Weed Technol. 16 902/2 Spikelets are spread at right angles and are attached alternately along the axis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	alternately
释义	alternatelyadv. Brit. /ɔːlˈtəːnᵻtli/, /ɒlˈtəːnᵻtli/, U.S. /ˈɔltərnətli/, /ˈɑltərnətli/ Forms: late Middle English alternatly, late Middle English (in a late copy)– alternately, 1500s alternatelye. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin alternāt- , alternāre , -ly suffix². Etymology: < classical Latin alternāt-, past participial stem of alternāre (see alternate v.) + -ly suffix², probably after classical Latin alternātim alternatim adv.; compare Anglo-Norman alternatiment (a1321 or earlier). Compare later alternate adj., alternate adv., and also alternatively adv. and the French adverb cited at that entry. 1. In alternate order; one after the other, in turn.In early use with reference to the mutual setting of seals to agreements. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb] changeablyc1384 alternately1432 interchangeably1483 handy-dandya1529 time about1537 by course1548 at (by) intervals1588 alternatively1591 reciprocally1603 by reprises1607 alternally1627 alterably1635 altern1667 alternate1715 by vicissitudes1749 alternatingly1845 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > alternately in order or position changeablyc1384 alternately1432 alternatim1619 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [adverb] > alternately alternately1432 alternatim1619 Box and Cox1902 1432 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 391 (MED) In witnesse..the parties befornseyd to thise presents endentures alternatly han set her selys. 1466 Contract 25 June in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 94 (MED) To alle these couenauntes..The same parties byndeth theym, yche of hem to other, alternatly fast by these presentes. a1525 (?1472) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 379 (MED) Will. Bryscow shuld putt-in a bill endented and insealed of thappoyntementes taken betwix the Citee & hym..And Þerto accordyng, billes wer alternately made & sealed. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Alternatelye, or by turne. Subalternatim. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 96 Parallels or like relations alternately releeve each other. View more context for this quotation 1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 68 Singing Psalmes alternately. 1744 F. Moore Voy. Georgia 42 The Indians..rowed..by taking a short and long Stroke alternately, which they called the Yamassee Stroke. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xliii. 617 The sea alternately advanced and retreated. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 620 Lumley and Portman had alternately watched the Duke. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. xviii. 154 The current runs alternately east and west. 1934 C. Brooks Jrnl. 7 Dec. (1998) 67 He..sat me in his chair while he alternately sat on a settee or paced the quarter deck. 1999 New Musical Express 30 Oct. 35/5 He twirls like an ageing dervish delivering flourishes of gypsy violin and upper-register guitar alternately. †2. Mathematics. By interchanging the second and third terms (of a given proportion). Cf. alternate proportion n. at alternate adj., adv., and n. Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adverb] alternately1570 homographically1859 birationally1915 homoeomorphically1927 homotopically1930 isomorphically1935 homomorphically1941 isometrically1959 symplectically1959 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. xvi. f. 144 ^v If therefore there be foure magnitudes proportionall, then alternately also they are proportionall. 1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epitomiz'd 18 If A:B::C:D, then alternately compar'd it will be as A:C::B:D. 1793 T. Malton New Royal Road Geom. 6 1, 3, 12, and 36 are proportional Numbers; and, taken thus, or alternately, by changing the two middle Terms (as 1 to 12, so is 3 to 36) 'tis still the same. 1846 C. Davies Elem. Algebra (1850) 231 Quantities are said to be in proportion by alternation, or alternately, when antecedent is compared with antecedent and consequent with consequent. 3. Chiefly Botany. With reference to position: in alternate positions, on each side in turn. alternately pinnate adj. = alternate-pinnate adj. at alternate adj., adv., and n. Compounds.Quot. 1728 refers to alternate angles (see alternate adj. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on every side > on each side in turn alternately1633 alternatively1707 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) i. cxii. 167 The stalke..hath vsually growing theron some fiue or six floures hanging one way, though their stalkes grow alternately out of each side of the maine stemme. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 278 Having..oblong broad Leaves alternately set. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Alternate There are also two external Angles, alternately opposite to the internal ones. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vi. 183 Alternately Pinnate; when the Folioles are produced alternately. 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 425 The riddle is a piece of wood or metal with sloping pins, which lean alternately opposite ways. 1913 J. E. Rogers Bk. Useful Plants 18 These glumes are set alternately upon the stem. 1965 G. J. Jones Fund. Workshop Technol. viii. 134 (in figure) The teeth are alternately right-hand and left-hand angle and have a positive rake. 1976 I. A. Abbott & G. J. Hollenberg Marine Algae Calif. 734 Main axes of erect fronds compressed,..irregularly alternately pinnate. 2002 Weed Technol. 16 902/2 Spikelets are spread at right angles and are attached alternately along the axis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1432
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