provisorily
English
Etymology
provisory + -ly
Adverb
provisorily (comparative more provisorily, superlative most provisorily)
- In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso.
- to admit a doctrine provisorily
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Hamilton to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for provisorily in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)