Both Uses of
alternative
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Dantes put his plate on the ground near the door; the jailer, as he entered, stepped on it and broke it. ... [The jailer] looked about for something to pour the soup into; Dantes' entire dinner service consisted of one plate--there was no alternative. "Leave the saucepan," said Dantes; "you can take it away when you bring me my breakfast."
Chpt 15-16 *alternative = other possibility
- The last alternative seemed the most prudent, so he waited until twelve o'clock.†
Chpt 115-116
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