provisionally

English

Etymology

From provisional +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

provisionally (comparative more provisionally, superlative most provisionally)

  1. In a provisional way; temporarily.
    Antonym: unprovisionally
    • 2001 April 16, J. Michael Davis, “Manganese and Rhenium”, in Patty's Toxicology, →DOI:
      Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.

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