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as another option or possibility
The train is full; alternatively, you could take the bus.
This suggests another way to travel.
She might come early; alternatively, she could arrive late.
This presents two possible scenarios.
Used to introduce a second choice or possibility, often contrasting with the first option.
Use 'alternatively' to introduce a second option in a list, especially when the first option is mentioned earlier in the sentence.
Always use 'alternatively' to contrast two different options, not to list similar ones.
From Latin 'alternativus', meaning 'one after another', from 'alternare' (to do by turns), from 'alternus' (every other). The adverb form entered English in the 16th century.
Commonly used in formal and informal contexts to present an alternative. Often follows a semicolon or period in writing.