alternately

/ ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ /

adverb

1. in an alternating sequence or position

Example Sentences

Early returns in downballot contests also reflect where Orange County stands politically, swaying alternately between red and blue.

From Los Angeles Times

Alternately, a victory for the government in the courts could leave a major employer out of pocket.

From BBC

Oliver is an addict, alternately abusing alcohol, MDMA, cocaine and prescription pills.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s an alternately tender and forbidding set of electronic rock jams slathered with digital effects and suffused with thoughts of collapse both personal and political.

From Los Angeles Times

Thomas then pivoted to minimizing the prosecutors’ misconduct, alternately dismissing the notes as inscrutable and crediting Smothermon’s “explanation” of their irrelevance.

From Slate

Related Words

• infrequently
• occasionally
• periodically