temporarily

English

Etymology

From temporary +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/, /ˌtɛmp(ə)ˈrɛrɪli/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adverb

temporarily (not comparable)

1. For a limited period of time; not permanently.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:

     Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]

Synonyms

• ephemerally, fleetingly, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily

Translations

for a limited period of time

• Arabic: مُؤَقَّتًا‎ (muʔaqqatan)
• Armenian: ժամանակավորապես (hy) (žamanakavorapes)
• Belarusian: тымчасо́ва (tymčasóva), часо́ва (časóva)
• Bulgarian: вре́менно (bg) (vrémenno)
• Catalan: temporalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暫時地／暂时地 (zànshí de), 臨時地／临时地 (línshí de)

• Czech: dočasně (cs)
• Danish: foreløbigt, midlertidigt
• Finnish: väliaikaisesti (fi), tilapäisesti (fi)
• French: temporairement (fr), provisoirement (fr)
• Galician: temporalmente (gl)
• Georgian: დროებითად (droebitad), დროებით (droebit)
• German: vorübergehend (de)
• Greek: προσωρινά (el) (prosoriná), πρόσκαιρα (el) (próskaira)
• Hungarian: ideiglenesen (hu), átmenetileg (hu)
• Italian: temporaneamente (it)
• Japanese: 暫く (ja) (shibaraku), 一時的に (ja) (ichijiteki ni)
• Persian: موقتاً‎ (fa) (movaqqatan)
• Polish: tymczasowo (pl)
• Portuguese: temporariamente (pt)
• Russian: вре́менно (ru) (vrémenno)
• Slovak: dočasne
• Spanish: temporalmente (es)
• Turkish: eğreti olarak, geçici olarak, idareten (tr), muvakkaten (tr) (archaic)
• Ukrainian: тимчасо́во (tymčasóvo)

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} přechodně (cs), provizorně
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} midlertidigt, forbigående
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tijdelijk (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} temporär (de), zeitweise (de)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} nem véglegesen
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} temporaneamente (it)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} laikinai (1,2), ^{(please verify)} ne nuolat (2)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} temporärt (sv), ^{(please verify)} tillfälligt (sv), ^{(please verify)} för tillfället (sv)

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