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provisionally

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pro·vi·sion·al  (pr-vzh-nl)
adj.
1. Provided or serving only for the time being. See Synonyms at temporary.
2. Provisional Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
n.
1. A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment: fire department provisionals.
2. A temporary stamp that is used before the official issue is released.
3. Provisional A member of a Provisional faction of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
pro·vision·al·ly adv.
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Adv.1.provisionally - temporarily and conditionally; "they have agreed provisionally"; "was appointed provisionally"
Translations
provisionally [prəˈvɪʒnəlɪ] adv → provisoirement
provisionally [prəˈvɪʒnəlɪ] provision adv → vorläufig
provisionally [prəˈvɪʒnəlɪ] adv → provvisoriamente; [appoint] → a titolo provvisorio


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Prudence, monsieur, is a virtue sufficiently useless to Musketeers, I know, but indispensable to churchmen; and as I am only a Musketeer provisionally, I hold it good to be prudent.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
`Monsieur d'Artagnan, I send to the king of France the treaty in question, with a request that he will cast into the Bastile provisionally, and then send to me, all who have taken part in this expedition; and that is a prayer with which the king will certainly comply.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
My horse was killed this morning, my lord, and I am mounted provisionally on my lackey's.
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