What does by turns mean?

by turns

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

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One after the other; successively; alternating.

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"I am by turns angry and amused. I am the butchest of the three roommates; obviously she thought I was the most likely to get over my “bisexual phase.”"
"[They] feel by turns the bitter change."

in turn in turns

in turn in turns

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