What part of speech is alternatively?

Alternatively can be categorized as an adverb.

Parts of speech

Adverb
alternatively - in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"

#		Sentence
1.	adv.	Alternatively we could buy a used car.
2.	adv.	You can walk, or alternatively, I'll drive you there in my car.
3.	adv.	Tom for Mary and Mary for Tom were alternatively the subject and the object.

Sentence
adv.
Alternatively we could buy a used car.
You can walk, or alternatively, I'll drive you there in my car.
Tom for Mary and Mary for Tom were alternatively the subject and the object.

Please be aware that some of the sentences on this page have been automatically tagged and do not always have 100% accuracy.