temporallyadv.
1. For a time, temporarily. rare.
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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
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 185 The maker of all thynges rested temperally in the,..thow vyrgyn.
2. In regard to temporal matters; in, or with respect to, this world; in the present life.
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the world > the earth > [adverb]
temporallyc1380
terrestrially1604
mundanely1826
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adverb]
fleshlyc1175
temporallyc1380
materiallya1398
naturallya1513
carnally1527
physically1583
grossly1585
worldwarda1617
terrenelya1638
elementarily1643
crassly1664
tangibly1847
incarnately1856
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] > in this world, for a time
temporallyc1380
c1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif 119 Antecrist havyng glorie of þe world temporally.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 19 As evill bitter wateris gerris mony folk dee temporaly, Sa dois..herisy and lollardry, the saule dee spirit[u]aly.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. iv. f. 13v Punitions quhilk God sendis to synnaris temporallie.
1679 Whitebread in Speeches Jesuits 2 I pray God bless His Majesty both Temporally and Eternally.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 43 Sinners who are in such a temporally happy Condition, owe it not to their Sins, but wholly to their Luck.
3. With regard to time.
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the world > time > [adverb]
temporarily1877
timewise1891
temporally1961
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1971 Nature 21 May 172/1 Temporally varying deviations between 40° and 60° were found.
1974 Sci. Amer. June 31/2 The pulse, which contains only about 10–3 joule of laser energy, is shaped spatially (and also temporally, if desired) prior to amplification.
1982 Sci. Amer. Feb. 129/2 Temporally coherent light would show at the sampling point a continuous variation between crest and trough.
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