transitionally

tran·si·tion

 (trăn-zĭsh′ən, -sĭsh′-)

n.

1. Change from one form, state, style, or place to another.

2.

a. Change from one subject to another in discourse.

b. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.

3. Music

a. Change from one key or tonality to another.

b. A passage connecting two themes or sections, usually changing to a new key or tonality.

4. Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.

5. Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play, as in basketball or hockey.

6. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.

intr.v. tran·si·tioned, tran·si·tion·ing, tran·si·tions

1. To make a transition.

2. Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play.

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tran·si′tion·al, tran·si′tion·ar′y (-zĭsh′ə-nĕr′ē) adj.

tran·si′tion·al·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

transitionally - as a transitional step or in a transitional manner