alternately Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in an alternating sequence or position
    • They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing
    • he planted fir and pine trees alternately

WordNet


Al*ter"nate*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
  2. (Math.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

Webster 1913