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transitionally

transitionally

1 6.8
For a short time during a change from one state or place to another
  • adverb
  • /trænˈzɪʃənəli/
: transicionalmente
  • Where these transitionally hybrid systems operate, a motive rooted in one system can become the basis for action in or adherence to the other.

And then I'm starting now to think sort of transitionally because as we know, the cooler months are just knocking at the door right now.

Examples

  • I guess transitionally they use crawfish, and it is called a crawfish boil.

    Blog text (10)
  • When it is transitionally located in the evolution of architecture, it becomes a synecdoche designating the historical totality of which it is a part.

    Academic text (1998)
  • And then I'm starting now to think sort of transitionally because as we know, the cooler months are just knocking at the door right now.

  • National organization working to build or renovate shelters for transitionally homeless men, women, and children.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Transitionally homeless people are forced to spend a short time in a homeless shelter before making a transition into a more stable housing arrangement, and in most cases they do not return to homelessness. Episodically homeless people frequently shuttle in and out of homelessness.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Although such an escape has not been ventured for St-Eustache, Willibald Sauerlander has recently attempted to do so for a group of medieval Rhenish churches that, since the early nineteenth century, have been seen as transitionally situated between the Romanesque and Gothic.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The children stayed in a transitionally safe area while their parents found permanent housing.

  • She approached her new role transitionally, adapting to the changes step by step.

  • The project was designed transitionally to allow for adjustments before the final implementation.

Synonyms

intermediately
vstransitionally
1 5.6

To a medium level between two extremes

relates to a process or temporary phase rather than a fixed midpoint

Antonyms

215 2.9

Stays the same for all time

113 2.1

In a regular way without stopping

How Transitional

temporarily
197 3.2
transitionally
1 6.8
gradually
228 1.9
stably
1 4.3

Surface Forms

transitionally positive

Morphology

transitionally = transitional (transparent) = transition + al + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'transitional', a standard and predictable derivation.

Etymology

Transitionally comes from transition, which has the part trans- meaning 'across', just like in transport and transfer. So transitionally means 'in a way that moves across' or 'as an in-between step' when something changes from one state to another.