alternately

/ ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ /

adverb

1. in an alternating sequence or position

Example Sentences

“Christy,” an alternately exuberant and disturbing biopic, charts her path from that moment.

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Elizabeth is also the conscience of the piece, befriending the Creature and being alternately attracted to Victor and repulsed by what she sees as his moral degeneracy—never mind his abdication of parental responsibility.

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Eclipse mapping measures tiny variations in that light as the planet moves behind its star, alternately hiding and revealing different regions.

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Ms. Case’s songs spark with this kind of powerful but finite energy, which reflects the alternately joyful and melancholy arc of life itself.

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Bobby Krlic’s mournful score is alternately dreamy and eerie, the instrumental music abruptly cutting out in the middle of a hypnotic passage.

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Related Words

• infrequently www.thesaurus.com
• occasionally 
• periodically