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temporaneously

temporaneously adverb: temporarily.

Adverb

temporaneously (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) temporarily
    • A beautiful and philosophical detector of the deviation has for some time been in use in the navy, the invention of Mr Barlow, in which a plate of iron is temporaneously affixed in proximity to the steering compass, so as exactly to double the influence of the ordinary attraction of the ship […]1832, The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, page 38

Origin of temporaneously

From temporaneous + -ly.

Questions about temporaneously

What does temporaneously mean?
Temporaneously means temporarily.
What part of speech is temporaneously?
Temporaneously is an adverb.

Words near temporaneously in the dictionary

  1. temporalties
  2. temporalty
  3. temporalward
  4. temporalwards
  5. temporaneous
  6. temporaneously
  7. temporaneousness
  8. temporaries
  9. temporarily
  10. temporarily able-bodied
  11. temporarily embarrassed millionaire

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