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tem·po·rar·i·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. temporarilyadverb

    for a limited time only; not permanently

    "he will work here temporarily"; "he was brought out of retirement temporarily"; "a power failure temporarily darkened the town"

Wiktionary

  1. temporarilyadverb

    for a relatively brief period of time

  2. temporarilyadverb

    not permanently

Webster Dictionary

  1. Temporarilyadverb

    in a temporary manner; for a time

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'temporarily' in Adverbs Frequency: #380

Anagrams for temporarily »

  1. polarimetry

  2. premorality

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of temporarily in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of temporarily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of temporarily in a Sentence

  1. Cheng Qian:

    Even though temporarily, we've seen a process of much greater tightening of regulations, what is needed are comprehensive and effective restraints.

  2. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko:

    As a result of a massive cyberattack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down, our specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation.

  3. Devin Nunes:

    I believe it is in the best interests of the House Intelligence Committee and the Congress for me to have Rep. Mike Conaway, with assistance from Reps. Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney, temporarily take charge of the committee's Russia investigation while the House Ethics Committee looks into this matter. I will continue to fulfill all my other responsibilities as committee chairman.

  4. Volkswagen AG:

    In its first step, effective immediately( Volkswagen Group Australia) has temporarily suspended the sale of affected vehicles fitted with 1.6 or 2.0-litre EA189 diesel engines.

  5. William J. H. Boetcker:

    That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

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