Provisionally
[prə'vɪʒənəli]
Definition
(adv.) temporarily and conditionally; 'they have agreed provisionally'; 'was appointed provisionally'.
Editor: Maris--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) By way of provision for the time being; temporarily.
Inputed by Barbara
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Temporarily, for the present occasion.
Editor: Lucia
Examples
- Edison had observed the tendency of this force to diffuse itself in various directions through the air and through matter, hence the name Etheric that he had provisionally applied to it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The old confused and divided world is condemned; it is going on provisionally under a sentence of great and as yet incalculable change. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tentative means trying out, feeling one's way along provisionally. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Lucia