Definition of alternately

"alternately" in the adverb sense

1. alternately

in an alternating sequence or position

"They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"

"he planted fir and pine trees alternately"

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Quotations for alternately

There are in the human heart two cups, one for joy and one for sorrow, which empty themselves alternately. [ Mme. de Maintenon ]

Mind is the great lever of all things: human thought is the process by which human ends are alternately answered. [ Daniel Webster ]

Mind is the great leveller of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are alternately answered. [ Daniel Webster ]

As the rose-tree is composed of the sweetest flowers, and the sharpest thorns; as the heavens are sometimes overcast — alternately tempestuous and serene — so is the life of man intermingled with hopes and fears, with joys and sorrows, with pleasures and with pains. [ Burton ]

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alternately in Scrabble®

The word alternately is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters alternately:

ALTERNATELY

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

alertly, allayer, analyte, arylate, enteral, entreat, eternal, lateral, retally, ternate

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word alternately

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alternately in Words With Friends™

The word alternately is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters alternately:

ALTERNATELY

(198)

ALTERNATELY

(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

alertly, allayer, analyte, arylate, enteral, entreat, eternal, lateral, retally, ternate

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word alternately

ALTERNATELY

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In alternately

ALTERNATELY

(198)

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Words within the letters of alternately

2 letter words in alternately (12 words)

aa an ar at ay el en la re ta ya ye

3 letter words in alternately (37 words)

ale all ant any are art ate aye ear eat eel ell era eta eye lay lea lee let lye nay net ran rat ray rye tan tar tea tee ten tet try yar yea yen yet

4 letter words in alternately (46 words)

ally anal ante area arty aryl earl earn eely eery lane late lean lear leer lent lyre near neat rant rate real reel rely rent tala tale tall tare tarn tart teal tear teen tell tent tern tray tree yare yarn yean year yell yett ynal

5 letter words in alternately (41 words)

6 letter words in alternately (41 words)

7 letter words in alternately (10 words)

alertly allayer analyte arylate enteral entreat eternal lateral retally ternate

8 letter words in alternately (7 words)

alterant alterate anteater entreaty latently latterly tarnally

9 letter words in alternately (3 words)

alternate enterally eternally

11 letter words in alternately (1 word)

alternately

alternately + 2 blanks (1 word)

alternatively

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Words containing the sequence alternately

Words that start with alternately (1 word)

alternately

Words with alternately in them (1 word)

alternately

Words that end with alternately (1 word)

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Word Growth involving alternately

Shorter words in alternately

alter alternate

at ate ternate alternate

tern ternate alternate

Longer words containing alternately

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