Definition of alternating
: occurring by turns or in succession
- a fabric with alternating red and blue stripes
- … they lacked experience with volcanoes such as St. Helens, a composite of alternating layers of ash and lava.
- —Rowe Findley
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alternatingly
adverb-
- Alternatingly, place small mounds of the fennel and cabbage on each plate …
- —Owen Dugan
