alternativelyadv.

Brit.

/ɔːlˈtəːnətᵻvli/,

/ɒlˈtəːnətᵻvli/, U.S.

/ɔlˈtərnədᵻvli/,

/ɑlˈtərnədᵻvli/

Forms: see alternative adj. and n. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alternative adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < alternative adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle French, French alternativement alternately (1355), successively (late 14th cent.; sense 1 is not paralleled in French), Spanish alternativamente (a1452, earliest in sense 1a). Compare earlier alternately adv.

a. In an alternative manner; in a way that offers a choice between two or more possibilities; as an alternative.

ΘΚΠ

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

elchurc890

elseOE

alternatively1590

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > offering a choice between two

alternatively1590

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 249 When the testator dooth appoint executors..alternatiuely, or disiunctiuely, as I make A. or B. my executor.

1671 M. Lister Let. 10 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 351 If ye Cornicula or certain knobbed Horns, by wch all males are best distinguished, be not each a genital member & used in the Coit alternatively?

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 75 An appeal alternatively made may be tollerated by the Civil Law as valid.

1781 W. Jones Ess. Law Bailments 71 If William..had said to Paul alternatively, ‘I promise..either to restore your horse or to pay you thirty guineas’.

1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. i. iv. 34 The name of MacCamalain is used alternatively with Ballantyne.

1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 674 The defendants claimed 30,000 l. in respect of their counter-claim, and alternatively 30,000 l. damages.

1921 Act 11 & 12 Geo. V c. 13 §1 Liable..to a fine not exceeding [25 l.], or alternatively or in addition thereto to be imprisoned..for a term not exceeding three months.

1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies (1972) xi. 202/2 Typical chordotonal sensilla—or scolopoid sensilla, or scolopidia as they are often alternatively labelled.

2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) ii. 43 Astronomers..had found over six hundred additional Trans-Neptunian Objects or Plutinos as they are alternatively called.

b. Used parenthetically or as a sentence adverb to introduce another option or possibility.

ΚΠ

1908 Accountant 39 241/2 Whenever the receipts equal the amount of the original overdraft or advance, or, alternatively, when those receipts equal the amount of the face value of the debentures.

1927 Sunday Express 8 May 4 What you do..is to secure a photograph of the hall... Alternatively, you may make an exact drawing of the hall.

1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle iii. 86 She became the Merseyside Menace, or, alternatively, the Birkenhead Bombshell.

2005 Independent 23 May 39/2 I have invented..a range of products which is going to look after me in my old age. Alternatively, it is going to absorb every last penny of my worldly wealth and leave me destitute.

2. Alternately, in turn.

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

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 53 Six [tribunes] executing their charge alternativelie, two at one time for two months.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. x. 627 Hieracites chaungeth colour all whole alternatively by turnes.

1686 London Gaz. mmcxcv/1 The Dyet should meet Alternatively in Poland and Lythuania.

1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 29 A Peasant..had been near a Month in the Hospital with an ordinary malignant Fever, having alternatively a Delirium and a Sleepiness.

1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 87 The muscle..was contracted and relaxed alternatively.

1829 A. S. Mackenzie Year in Spain iv. 75 Our guides frightened them [sc. wild pigeons] from their resting place, and they kept alternatively flying and lighting before us.

1869 Mrs. H. Wood Roland Yorke I. 101 Striking his two forefingers alternatively on the table's edge.

1910 Times 23 Feb. 12/6 A blind musician makes fine quarter-staff play alternatively with stick and guitar.

1976 F. MacShane Life Raymond Chandler (1986) 203 He was alternatively attracted and repelled by sex.

1990 G. Will Suddenly vi. xxiv. 406 Winston is white and, like Victoria, is alternatively sweet and volatile.

†3. Reciprocally. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adverb] > mutually or reciprocally

againOE

togethersc1175

togethera1375

againwarda1382

changinglya1425

interchangeable1465

interchangeablyc1480

mutually1531

reciprocally?1555

reciproquely1558

intermutually1601

reportingly1611

alternatively1667

mutuously1683

reciprocously1683

interdependently1884

1667 A. Marvell Let. 14 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 60 The Impositions w^ch ly alternatiuely upon the importation of each others commodityes.

†4. On two sides alternately. Obsolete. rare.

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

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 16 Those Branches undermost..being the largest about a Foot long having their Twigs, on which stand the Pinnulæ or Leaves alternatively.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Aristolochy, a Plant..cloathed at certain Distances, or alternatively, with Leaves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alternatively
释义	alternativelyadv. Brit. /ɔːlˈtəːnətᵻvli/, /ɒlˈtəːnətᵻvli/, U.S. /ɔlˈtərnədᵻvli/, /ɑlˈtərnədᵻvli/ Forms: see alternative adj. and n. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alternative adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < alternative adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle French, French alternativement alternately (1355), successively (late 14th cent.; sense 1 is not paralleled in French), Spanish alternativamente (a1452, earliest in sense 1a). Compare earlier alternately adv. 1. a. In an alternative manner; in a way that offers a choice between two or more possibilities; as an alternative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb] > as alternative elchurc890 elseOE alternatively1590 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > offering a choice between two alternatively1590 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 249 When the testator dooth appoint executors..alternatiuely, or disiunctiuely, as I make A. or B. my executor. 1671 M. Lister Let. 10 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 351 If ye Cornicula or certain knobbed Horns, by wch all males are best distinguished, be not each a genital member & used in the Coit alternatively? 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 75 An appeal alternatively made may be tollerated by the Civil Law as valid. 1781 W. Jones Ess. Law Bailments 71 If William..had said to Paul alternatively, ‘I promise..either to restore your horse or to pay you thirty guineas’. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. i. iv. 34 The name of MacCamalain is used alternatively with Ballantyne. 1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 674 The defendants claimed 30,000 l. in respect of their counter-claim, and alternatively 30,000 l. damages. 1921 Act 11 & 12 Geo. V c. 13 §1 Liable..to a fine not exceeding [25 l.], or alternatively or in addition thereto to be imprisoned..for a term not exceeding three months. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies (1972) xi. 202/2 Typical chordotonal sensilla—or scolopoid sensilla, or scolopidia as they are often alternatively labelled. 2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) ii. 43 Astronomers..had found over six hundred additional Trans-Neptunian Objects or Plutinos as they are alternatively called. b. Used parenthetically or as a sentence adverb to introduce another option or possibility. ΚΠ 1908 Accountant 39 241/2 Whenever the receipts equal the amount of the original overdraft or advance, or, alternatively, when those receipts equal the amount of the face value of the debentures. 1927 Sunday Express 8 May 4 What you do..is to secure a photograph of the hall... Alternatively, you may make an exact drawing of the hall. 1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle iii. 86 She became the Merseyside Menace, or, alternatively, the Birkenhead Bombshell. 2005 Independent 23 May 39/2 I have invented..a range of products which is going to look after me in my old age. Alternatively, it is going to absorb every last penny of my worldly wealth and leave me destitute. 2. Alternately, in turn. 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 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 53 Six [tribunes] executing their charge alternativelie, two at one time for two months. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. x. 627 Hieracites chaungeth colour all whole alternatively by turnes. 1686 London Gaz. mmcxcv/1 The Dyet should meet Alternatively in Poland and Lythuania. 1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 29 A Peasant..had been near a Month in the Hospital with an ordinary malignant Fever, having alternatively a Delirium and a Sleepiness. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 87 The muscle..was contracted and relaxed alternatively. 1829 A. S. Mackenzie Year in Spain iv. 75 Our guides frightened them [sc. wild pigeons] from their resting place, and they kept alternatively flying and lighting before us. 1869 Mrs. H. Wood Roland Yorke I. 101 Striking his two forefingers alternatively on the table's edge. 1910 Times 23 Feb. 12/6 A blind musician makes fine quarter-staff play alternatively with stick and guitar. 1976 F. MacShane Life Raymond Chandler (1986) 203 He was alternatively attracted and repelled by sex. 1990 G. Will Suddenly vi. xxiv. 406 Winston is white and, like Victoria, is alternatively sweet and volatile. †3. Reciprocally. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [adverb] > mutually or reciprocally againOE togethersc1175 togethera1375 againwarda1382 changinglya1425 interchangeable1465 interchangeablyc1480 mutually1531 reciprocally?1555 reciproquely1558 intermutually1601 reportingly1611 alternatively1667 mutuously1683 reciprocously1683 interdependently1884 1667 A. Marvell Let. 14 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 60 The Impositions w^ch ly alternatiuely upon the importation of each others commodityes. †4. On two sides alternately. Obsolete. rare. 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 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 16 Those Branches undermost..being the largest about a Foot long having their Twigs, on which stand the Pinnulæ or Leaves alternatively. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Aristolochy, a Plant..cloathed at certain Distances, or alternatively, with Leaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1590
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