temporarily

English

Etymology

From temporary +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹəɹəli/

• Audio (RP)

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• (nonstandard UK, by haplology) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛmpɹəli/

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 (muʾaqqatan)
• 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, átmenetileg (hu)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: тимчасо́во (tymčasóvo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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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