Both Uses of
alternative
in
Hoot
- He didn't particularly enjoy getting roughed up, but the alternative was to cower and beg, which he couldn't lower himself to do.
p. 95.3alternative = other possibility
- A third alternative was for Roy to try apologizing to Dana again, this time oozing remorse and sincerity.
p. 100.2 *alternative = possible thing to do
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