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provisorily

provisorily adverb: in a provisory manner; conditionally.

Adverb

provisorily (comparative more provisorily, superlative most provisorily)

  1. In a provisory manner; conditionally
    • to admit a doctrine provisorily
    • The judgment by which the phænomenon is thus provisorily referred , is called an hypothesis ,a suppositiona. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...

Forms of provisorily

comparativemore provisorily
superlativemost provisorily

Origin of provisorily

From provisory + -ly.

Questions about provisorily

What does provisorily mean?
Provisorily means in a provisory manner; conditionally.
What part of speech is provisorily?
Provisorily is an adverb.

Words near provisorily in the dictionary

  1. proviso
  2. proviso quod
  3. provisoes
  4. provisor
  5. provisories
  6. provisorily
  7. provisorium
  8. provisors
  9. provisorship
  10. provisorships
  11. provisory

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