temporarily

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English

Etymology

From temporary +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

temporarily (not comparable)

  1. For a limited period of time; not permanently.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:
      Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
    • 1975 April 13, “Late President funeral service set for April 16”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 14, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1:
      The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.

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