All 6 Uses of
alternative
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- In the ashpit was a heap of potatoes roasting, and a boiling pipkin of charred bread, called "coffee", for the benefit of whomsoever should call, for Warren's was a sort of clubhouse, used as an alternative to the inn.†
Chpt 13-15
- He had been known to observe casually that in dealing with womankind the only alternative to flattery was cursing and swearing.†
Chpt 25-27
- The alternative is dreadful, but take Bathsheba; I give her up!†
Chpt 34-36
- A close criticism might have detected signs proving that she was intent on the latter alternative.†
Chpt 40-42
- Her original vigorous pride of youth had sickened, and with it had declined all her anxieties about coming years, since anxiety recognizes a better and a worse alternative, and Bathsheba had made up her mind that alternatives on any noteworthy scale had ceased for her.†
Chpt 46-48
- Her original vigorous pride of youth had sickened, and with it had declined all her anxieties about coming years, since anxiety recognizes a better and a worse alternative, and Bathsheba had made up her mind that alternatives on any noteworthy scale had ceased for her.†
Chpt 46-48 *
Definition:
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(alternative as in: an alternative plan) something available as another possibility