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Alternate(ly)
The adjectivealternateand the adverbalternatelymean ‘first one thing, then another thing and then the first thing again’. When werefer to time, we can also use the phraseevery other day, every other week, etc.
The trouble is you can only park in the hospital onalternatedays.(or …in the hospitalevery other day.)
Not:on alternative days
She wasalternatelypleased and angry.
See also:
Every
Alternative(ly)
Alternative(ly) means ‘something that is different and unusual and offers a possible choice’:
We can’t use that room for meetings. They’ll have to find us analternativeroom.
Not: …an alternate room…
Alternatively, we could just stay in.
Not:Alternately, we could…