Definition of Temporarily

1. Adverb. For a limited time only; not permanently. "A power failure temporarily darkened the town"

Antonyms: Permanently
Partainyms: Temporary

Definition of Temporarily

1. adv. In a temporary manner; for a time.

Definition of Temporarily

1. Adverb. for a relatively brief period of time ¹

2. Adverb. not permanently ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Temporarily

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporarily

temporalis muscle
temporalise
temporalities
temporality
temporalize
temporalized
temporalizes
temporalizing
temporally
temporalness
temporals
temporalties
temporalty
temporaneous
temporaries
temporarily (current term)
temporariness
temporarinesses
temporary
temporary base
temporary callus
temporary cartilage
temporary denture
temporary expedient
temporary gentleman
temporary hookup
temporary injunction
temporary memory
temporary parasite
temporary removal

Literary usage of Temporarily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"His mother, Maria Pype- linx, had continued a Catholic, although she temporarily concealed the fact during her aggressive husband's life, but she insisted ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... which remain for a while connected with the parent organism and make it temporarily colonial. Many marine hydroids retain their polyps permanently as ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... to mount a step higher, buds off daughter Hydra, which remain for a while connected with the parent organism and make it temporarily colonial. ..."

4. Annual Report (1897)
"Showing the number of persons supported and temporarily relieved, and the changes ... temporarily ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This superiority may have been due in a measure to Peruvian influence, the Inca emperor Yupanqui having temporarily subdued the Moxos about 1460 In most of ..."

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