Alternatively
Alternatively adverb - In place of, or as an alternative to.
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Synonyms for Alternatively
However and alternatively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "However" instead an adverb "Alternatively".
However
However adverb - In spite of that.
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Alternatively and however are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternatively" instead an adverb "However".
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- Alternatively, just using they/them pronouns can avoid this - however, sharp readers may still catch on.
- Or alternatively, you'd think the other characters would learn that no matter how insane Merlin's initial claims may seem (or however badly he goes about explaining it), he's always — always — proven to be right by the end of the episode.
Source: You Have to Believe Me -
However, in fiction, if a person is from a Latin American country, or, alternatively, his family originated from there, he will usually fit the stereotype of a light brown-skinned person, with dark hair and dark eyes.
Source: Latino Is Brown
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