ALTERNATIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alternatively mean? 

• ALTERNATIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb ALTERNATIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in place of, or as an alternative to

  Familiarity information: ALTERNATIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTERNATIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In place of, or as an alternative to

Synonyms:

alternatively; instead; or else

Context example:

alternatively we could buy a used car

Pertainym:

alternative (necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities)

 Context examples 

Alternatively, intracellular Abeta may contribute to pathology by facilitating tau hyper-phosphorylation, disrupting mitochondria function, and triggering calcium dysfunction.

(Alzheimer's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Alternatively, malate can be transported itself back into the mitochondria and used to produce NADH once inside mitochondria.

(Acetyl Group Shuttle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms exist.

(Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway Substrate 8-Like Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Alternatively, each StudySubject may be an ExperimentalUnit.

(Experimental Unit, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Two alternatively spliced FGFR2 gene products, KGFR and BEK, vary in sequence within the third extracellular Ig loop, which influence ligand-binding characteristics.

(Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Alternatively, it could be an ultra-cool dwarf star much like TRAPPIST-1, which Spitzer and ground-based telescopes recently revealed to host seven Earth-size planets.

('Iceball' Planet Discovered Through Microlensing, NASA)

Alternatively, eating more plant-based proteins and fats from foods such as vegetables, legumes, and nuts was linked to lower mortality.

(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It is alternatively possible you were given a valuable gift, such as a beautiful piece of jewelry or a gift of stock or cash from a loving relative.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

While running through the barrel, the water is filtered alternatively by the bricks and the gravel.

(Soil-based filter bricks clean up water for Moroccan farmers, SciDev.Net)

Two alternatively spliced transcripts encode different isoforms and the short isoform is the main isoform.

(GRB2-Associated Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)