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Adverb: alternatively  ol'tur-nu-tiv-lee
  1. In place of, or as an alternative to
    "alternatively we could buy a used car"
    - instead, or else, in lieu

See also: alternative

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alternating current
alternating electric current
alternation
alternation of generations
alternative
alternative birth
alternative birthing
alternative energy
alternative medicine
alternative pleading
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alternator
althaea
althea
Althea Gibson
Althea officinalis
Althea rosea
altho
althorn
although
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