provisorilyadv.
/prəˈvʌɪz(ə)rᵻli/, U.S. /prəˈvaɪzərəli/, /proʊˈvaɪzərəli/ In a provisory way; provisionally.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > provisionally or temporarily
passingly1340
pro tempore1468
while1508
temporally1530
provisionally1597
interlocutorily1620
for the nonce1672
temporarilya1686
ad interim1701
probationally1707
pro tem1777
provisorily1802
to the nonce1802
temporaneously1818
transitionally1832
1802 Ann. Reg. 1801 (Otridge ed.) State Papers 280/1 The elections must provisorily be suspended.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxviii. 396 It can only..be admitted provisorily.
1892 Monist 2 199 I thus formed provisorily the view that Nature has two sides—a physical and a psychological side.
1927 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 47 78 All these explanations have been proposed, and others: I adopt the third, provisorily: it is at least sometimes correct.
1949 Speculum 24 438 We may have to content ourselves with a provisory conclusion, yet, in the light of the facts which we now know, it will be a provisorily final conclusion.
2003 Variety (Nexis) 4–10 Aug. 26 The same prosecutor presides over open-air pre-Gacaca hearings..where those accused of minor crimes may be provisorily dismissed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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