temporarily en · ADV
Pronunciation
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- /ˌtɛmp(ə)ˈrɛrɪli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/ (General-American)
- /ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English temporary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English temporarily From temporary + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) For a limited period of time; not permanently.
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.
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 New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.
2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNN:Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:
Antonyms
continuously · permanently · forever · for the long haul · long · durably
Deriveds
temporarily embarrassed millionaire · temporarily able-bodied
Relateds
transience · ephemeral · moment
Synonyms
transiently · flickeringly · momently · transitorily · ephemerally · fleetingly · summarily · temporarily · awhile · for a minute · momentarily · briefly · ad interim
Translations (45)
el πρόσκαιρα (for a limited period of time) · de temporär (for a limited period of time) · el προσωρινά (for a limited period of time) · hy ժամանակավորապես (for a limited period of time) · pl czasowo (for a limited period of time) · bg вре́менно (for a limited period of time) · ka დროებითად (for a limited period of time) · be тымчасо́ва (for a limited period of time) · hu nem véglegesen (for a limited period of time) · ar مُؤَقَّتًا (for a limited period of time) · mk привремено (for a limited period of time) · cs dočasně (for a limited period of time) · hu átmenetileg (for a limited period of time) · cy dros dro (for a limited period of time) · da foreløbigt (for a limited period of time) · ja 一時的に (for a limited period of time) · pl tymczasowo (for a limited period of time) · de zeitweise (for a limited period of time) · pt temporariamente (for a limited period of time) · ca temporalment (for a limited period of time) · cmn 臨時地 /临时地 (for a limited period of time) · eo provizore (for a limited period of time) · fr temporairement (for a limited period of time) · cmn 暫時地 /暂时地 (for a limited period of time) · fr provisoirement (for a limited period of time) · de vorübergehend (for a limited period of time) · be часо́ва (for a limited period of time) · fi väliaikaisesti (for a limited period of time) · sk dočasne (for a limited period of time) · tr eğreti olarak (for a limited period of time) · ja 暫く (for a limited period of time) · la prō tempore (for a limited period of time) · ru вре́менно (for a limited period of time) · uk тимчасо́во (for a limited period of time) · tr idareten (for a limited period of time) · ka დროებით (for a limited period of time) · es temporalmente (for a limited period of time) · da midlertidigt (for a limited period of time) · it temporaneamente (for a limited period of time) · tr muvakkaten (for a limited period of time) · hu ideiglenesen (for a limited period of time) · fi tilapäisesti (for a limited period of time) · tr geçici olarak (for a limited period of time) · fa موقتاً (for a limited period of time) · gl temporalmente (for a limited period of time)