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[ adverb ] in place of, or as an alternative to
Synonyms Examples "Felix became a herpetologist instead" "alternatively we could buy a used car" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Or_else the North really believes that all Southerners except a_few quaint old characters have come_around to realizing the errors of their past , and are now at_heart sharers of the American_Dream , like everybody else . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The release , the freedom , involved in loving another is either terribly difficult or_else absolutely impossible ; and the motion toward it brings disaster . Related terms |
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