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Word entry · 13 letters

alternatively

Best crossword clue

"As another option"

13 letters · collected on this word page

13 lettersPronunciation /ɒlˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv.li/Part of speech adverbSorted aaeeillnrttvyStarts with AEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in place of, or as an alternative to

Word origin

From alternative + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do.
  • Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively.
  • Devising obviously asks for what we understand as general creativity, like the ability to take an initiative, to invent, to think alternatively, to associate interestingly, to create metaphors and images.

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