If this demand is refused the alternative is war.
Lewis.
With no alternative but death.
Longfellow.
4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives.
Gladstone.
Al*ter"na*tive*ly, adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.
Al*ter"na*tive*ness, n. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
Al*ter"ni*ty (&?;), n. [LL. alternitas.] Succession by turns; alternation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
{ ||Al*thæ"a, ||Al*the"a } (&?;), n. [althaea, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. (b) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.
Al*the"ine (&?;), n. (Chem.) Asparagine.