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单词 alterably
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alterablyadv.

Brit. /ˈɔːlt(ə)rəbli/, /ˈɒlt(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˈɔlt(ə)rəbli/, /ˈɑlt(ə)rəbli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alterable adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < alterable adj. + -ly suffix2. In sense 1 after French alternativement alternatively adv.
1. Alternately, in turn. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb]
changeablyc1384
alternately1432
interchangeably1483
handy-dandya1529
time about1537
by course1548
at (by) intervals1588
alternatively1591
reciprocally1603
by reprises1607
alternally1627
alterably1635
altern1667
alternate1715
by vicissitudes1749
alternatingly1845
1635 tr. S. Dupleix Resoluer 112 We have alwayes alterably [Fr. alternatiuement] one foote fix't and stayed upon the Earth, which sustaineth as by a counter poize all the body.
2. In an alterable manner; so as to be alterable. rare in later use.
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1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory i. iii. 140 It is a matter of exceeding difficulty to discern oft times whether a thing be simply and absolutely forbidden, or only by accident and alterably.
1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes ii. 143 Not that 'tis deniable, that Bodies are alterably Mov'd or Chang'd by Effects of Rarifaction or Condensation.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Alterably, in such a manner as may be altered.
1899 J. Jarvis tr. F. Froebel Educ. by Devel. 323 The oblique line of direction also appears in the further representations with the third play-gift, but alterably.
2002 M. H. Hacohen Karl Popper 13 As the subject, or the self, is discursively constructed, even alterably performed, deconstruction of identity seems a more promising strategy than biographical assemblage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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