temporarily
- adverb
- /ˈtɛmpəˌrɛrɪli/
- Many individuals learned that they felt better (temporarily) and decreased their depression-like symptoms by eating certain foods.
- at least temporarily
- temporarily suspended
- temporarily or permanently
So when you let go of your knowledge temporarily, you are that.
- So when you let go of your knowledge temporarily, you are that.
- My my passion for travel is temporarily dead, not travelling.
- Sometimes I took antidepressants that helped temporarily by lifting the clouds.
- I just put my eye drops in and they kind of make me temporarily blind.
- When you have a child, that child is your child temporarily.
Examples
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Everything is here for our use, temporarily, as we ourselves are only here temporarily.
Fiction book (1992) -
So he steps aside temporarily from those duties.
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So my goal temporarily was to save money and sell my car.
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Let's start with the effort to put money temporarily into the hands of consumers.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm just out here temporarily.
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The applicant must have the intention to work temporarily in the profession for which qualification is held.
Academic text (1990) -
Nature camps are natural settings where individuals temporarily reside for recreation.
Academic text (1999) -
It says it temporarily reduces redness and warmth.
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Although the conference temporarily assuaged the Choctaws' anger, it did little to resolve fundamental problems.
Academic text (1999) -
The students will be temporarily relocated to another classroom during the renovations.
Synonyms
For a short time
For a short time that is not meant to last
For now until the situation changes
For a short time
For a very short time
For a short time until someone confirms it
For a short time before returning to normal
For a short time until a permanent one takes over
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word temporarily comes from the Latin root tempus, meaning 'time', and you can see the same root in tempo and temporary. So, temporarily means 'for a short or limited time', not 'forever'.