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Alternative

adjective

Serving or used in place of another. Synonyms: alternate, substitute.

Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities.

Pertaining to unconventional choices.

noun

One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen. Synonyms: choice, option. "There no other alternative" , "My only choice is to refuse"

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... that the window was well closed, he returned to the supper-room. He was no sooner gone than the boy took the charcoal from the stove and threw it into the street; and when Adelaide came to undress, there was no fire. Cold as it was, however, she had no alternative but to go to bed without one, for there was not a bell in the apartment; and Mazzuolo, who had lighted her to the door, had locked her in, under pretence of caring for her safety. Karl, having watched this proceeding, accompanied him back to the supper-table, where they ...

— Tales for Young and Old • Various

... I take leave to tell you, were very foolish. If you follow me I shall lead you in the thick of the fighting, should there be any. If you leave me, or if I have the honour to be killed, you will all have your throats cut. I do not mean to be killed, gentlemen, and rely upon you in the alternative which remains." ...

— The Forest Lovers • Maurice Hewlett

... while the other wept. And on other nights, many other nights, the two, Miss Lucy and Mrs. Barclay, sat looking at their star while the terror in their hearts made their lips mute. God makes men brave who stand where bullets fly, yet always they can run away. But God seems to give no alternative to women at home who ...

— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White

... Open Space called Trafalgar there were the images of a great captain who led many junks to victory and the Emperor of a former dynasty, where doubtless the matter could be arranged; but the surrounding had by this time become too involved, and this person had no alternative but to smile symmetrically and reply that his words were indeed opals falling from ...

— The Mirror of Kong Ho • Ernest Bramah

... is the alternative in case the indemnity is not paid?" asked Lorry, breathlessly, for he saw something ...

— Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

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