alternatively

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• UK: /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv.li/
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• US: /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/
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• CMU ARPABET: AO0 L T ER1 N AH0 T IH0 V L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin alternātīvusder. Middle French alternatifbor. English alternative Middle English -ly English -ly English alternatively From alternative + -ly.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: alternativament — in an alternative way
• Finnish: vaihtoehtoisesti — in an alternative way
• Georgian: ალტერნატიულად (alṭernaṭiulad) — in an alternative way
• Georgian: სხვაგვარად (sxvagvarad) — in an alternative way
• German: alternativ — in an alternative way
• German: andernfalls — in an alternative way
• German: andererseits — in an alternative way
• German: beziehungsweise — in an alternative way
• German: ersatzweise — in an alternative way
• German: hilfsweise — in an alternative way
• German: oder aber — in an alternative way
• Italian: in alternativa — in an alternative way
• Korean: 또는 (ttoneun) — in an alternative way
• Polish: ewentualnie — in an alternative way
• Polish: alternatywnie — in an alternative way
• Portuguese: alternativamente — in an alternative way
• Serbo-Croatian: alternativno — in an alternative way
• Spanish: si no — in an alternative way
• Spanish: en lugar de — in an alternative way
• Swedish: alternativt — in an alternative way
• Turkish: alternativ olarak — in an alternative way
• Turkish: ya da — in an alternative way