Definition of Provisionally

1. Adverb. Temporarily and conditionally. "Was appointed provisionally"

Partainyms: Provisional

Definition of Provisionally

1. adv. By way of provision for the time being; temporarily.

Definition of Provisionally

1. Adverb. In a provisional way; temporarily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Provisionally

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provisionally

provined
provines
proving
proving ground
provings
provining
proviolence
proviolent
proviral
provirus
proviruses
provision
provisional
provisional job
provisionality
provisionally
provisionals
provisionary
provisioned
provisioner
provisioners
provisioning
provisions
proviso
proviso quod
provisoes
provisor
provisorily
provisors
provisorship

Literary usage of Provisionally

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

1. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"Don Francisco Gamarra : nominated provisionally by the president of Santa Fe, 1575, and who, ... Don Franciso de Berrio, also provisionally, in 1598. 19. ..."

2. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"V. The description in writing of any invention so provisionally registered shall be preserved in such manner and subject to such regulations as the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... the observatory at Quito, together with its apparatus and dependencies, and that the Academy of Sciences has decided provisionally to accept the gift. ..."

4. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"On the presumption of the future success both of the petition and of the preaching, Mr. Hammet provisionally engaged a spot of land on which to erect a ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"... sensory ; and that it has been provisionally subdivided into regions for vision, hearing, tasting, etc.* If the surface at these points were crushed, ..."

6. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"... but we will engage the attendance of the Attorney-General, provisionally, by nine o'clock, and if the President concludes on the meeting at that hour, ..."

7. The Law of Charities and Mortmain: Being a 3d Ed. of Tudor's Charitable Trusts by Owen Davies Tudor (1889)
"Board may provisionally approve and certify schemes which cannot te carried into effect except by authority of Parliament (a) said Board, subject to any ..."

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