Both Uses of
alternative
in
Dracula
- Of course, we had then no alternative but to accept.
p. 178.7 *alternative = something available as another possibility
- I think had there been any alternative I should have taken it, instead of prosecuting that unknown night journey.†
p. 17.7
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