Alternatively Synonyms, Alternatively Antonyms

alternative 1580s, "offering one or the other of two," from M.L. alternativus, from L. alternatus, pp. of alternare (see alternate). Sense of "the other of two which may be chosen" is recorded from 1838. Adj. use, "purporting to be a superior choice to what is in general use" was current by 1970 (earliest ref. is to the media); e.g. alternative energy (1975).

Example Sentences for alternatively

Alternatively, you could be a clinician with experience leading medical education in a related healthcare environment.

Alternatively, you may be able to rearrange your primary job's work schedule slightly to help balance grad work.

Alternatively, editors may type queries directly into the lines of text-perhaps bracketed in bold or with highlighting.

Alternatively, maybe the handwringing about lack of reading is really all for nothing.