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Ultimately vs Alternatively - What's the difference?

ultimately | alternatively |

As adverbs the difference between ultimately and alternatively

is that ultimately is indicating the last item while alternatively is in an alternative way.

ultimately

English

Adverb

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  • Indicating the last item.
    • Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Ultimately , ...
  • Indicating the most important action.
    • Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That Wolves reached half-time on level terms had much to do with the ultimately luckless Hennessey, who was in action in the opening minute to tip away Samir Nasri's shot following a City corner.}}

    Synonyms

    * at last * eventually * in the end * at the end of the day

    alternatively

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • in an alternative way
  • * 1998 , Marie D. Hoff (editor), Sustainable Community Development , page 99:
    • Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do.
  • * 2001 , Hans-Peter Martin, Is Globalization a Trap?'', published in ''Keys to the 21st Century (edited by Jérôme Bindé) on page 350:
    • Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively .
  • * 2003 , Torunn Kjølner and Janek Szatkowski, Dramaturgy in Building Multimedia Performances'', published in ''Production methods: behind the scenes of virtual inhabited 3D worlds: Volume 1 (edited by Kim Halskov Madsen), on page 127:
    • Devising obviously asks for what we understand as general creativity, like the ability to take an initiative, to invent, to think alternatively , to associate interestingly, to create metaphors and images.
  • * 2005 , Graham Meltzer, Sustainable Community: Learning from the Cohousing Model , page 3:
    • Most people living alternatively have strong pro-environmental values and, unlike many 'greens' in mainstream society, are generally able to apply their values in day-to-day life.
  • (conjunctive) (Used to link a pair of possibilities)