alternately

British  

/ ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ /

adverb

1. in an alternating sequence or position

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Example Sentences

These alternately grave and impish modes recur throughout the show, aptly subtitled “Serious Play,” often combining in a single image.

From The Wall Street Journal

He approves of credit, too, despite the human proclivity to alternately gorge and fast on loans and bonds and mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal

None of that means, mind you, that this alternately idiotic and delusional document — described in that Economist editorial, using an enjoyable Anglo-idiom, as “a dog’s breakfast” — is not dangerous.

From Salon

Details of the prints reveal Goya’s hand—alternately frenetic, delicate and weighty—with fresh intimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The result is alternately charming and clashing — why, I wondered, isn’t the animation done in a 1970s style to better complement the film?

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• infrequently
• occasionally
• periodically