All 3 Uses of
alternative
in
Anna Karenina
- Think, I have a choice between two alternatives: either to be with child, that is an invalid, or to be the friend and companion of my husband—practically my husband," Anna said in a tone intentionally superficial and frivolous.†
Part 6 *alternatives = possibilities
- And Sergey Ivanovitch put before him the alternative: either you are so undeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it.†
Part 3
- Only one alternative is possible: undesigned detection, supported by letters which I have.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(alternative as in: an alternative plan) a different choice or possibility, or describing something that offers a different choice or possibility
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(2)
(alternative as in: alternative medicine) non-traditional or non-standard