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provisionary

provisionary adjective: provisional.

Adjective

provisionary (comparative more provisionary, superlative most provisionary)

  1. provisional
    • The good news in the Case-Shiller index, the most widely watched source of price information about the housing market, is equally provisionary.2009 July 29, David Streitfeld, “Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Some Hope”, in New York Times

Forms of provisionary

comparativemore provisionary
superlativemost provisionary

Origin of provisionary

From provision + -ary.

Questions about provisionary

What does provisionary mean?
Provisionary means provisional.
What part of speech is provisionary?
Provisionary is an adjective.

Words near provisionary in the dictionary

  1. provisionalizes
  2. provisionalizing
  3. provisionally
  4. provisionalness
  5. provisionals
  6. provisionary
  7. provisioned
  8. provisioner
  9. provisioners
  10. provisioning
  11. provisionings

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