Meanings
- not comparableFor a limited period of time; not permanently.
Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 522 more examples
The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.
1975 April 13, “Late President funeral service set for April 16”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 14, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.
2021 April 27, Daniel Dale, “New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’”, in CNNSynonyms: ephemerally, fleetingly, transiently, awhile, briefly, flickeringly, for a minute, momentarily
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbFor a limited period of time; not permanently.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbfor a limited time only; not permanently
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtemporary
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishtemporarily
Translations
Arabic مُؤَقَّتًا
- مُؤَقَّتًا (muʔaqqatan)for a limited period of time
Bulgarian вре́менно
- вре́менно (vrémenno)for a limited period of time
Catalan temporalment
- temporalmentfor a limited period of time
Chinese Mandarin 暫時地 /暂时地, 臨時地 /临时地
- 暫時地 /暂时地 (zànshí de)for a limited period of time
- 臨時地 /临时地 (línshí de)for a limited period of time
Czech dočasně
- dočasněfor a limited period of time
Danish foreløbigt, midlertidigt
- foreløbigtfor a limited period of time
- midlertidigtfor a limited period of time
Esperanto provizore
- provizorefor a limited period of time
Finnish väliaikaisesti, tilapäisesti
- väliaikaisestifor a limited period of time
- tilapäisestifor a limited period of time
French temporairement, provisoirement
- temporairementfor a limited period of time
- provisoirementfor a limited period of time
German vorübergehend, temporär
- vorübergehendfor a limited period of time
- temporärfor a limited period of time
- zeitweisefor a limited period of time
Greek προσωρινά, πρόσκαιρα
- προσωρινά (prosoriná)for a limited period of time
- πρόσκαιρα (próskaira)for a limited period of time
Hungarian ideiglenesen, átmenetileg
- ideiglenesenfor a limited period of time
- átmenetilegfor a limited period of time
- nem véglegesenfor a limited period of time
Italian temporaneamente
- temporaneamentefor a limited period of time
Japanese 暫く, 一時的に
- 暫く (shibaraku)for a limited period of time
- 一時的に (ichijiteki ni)for a limited period of time
Latin prō tempore
- prō temporefor a limited period of time
Persian موقتاً
- موقتاً (movaqqatan)for a limited period of time
Polish tymczasowo, czasowo
- tymczasowofor a limited period of time
- czasowofor a limited period of time
Portuguese temporariamente
- temporariamentefor a limited period of time
Russian вре́менно
- вре́менно (vrémenno)for a limited period of time
Slovak dočasne
- dočasnefor a limited period of time
Spanish temporalmente
- temporalmentefor a limited period of time
Turkish eğreti olarak, geçici olarak
- eğreti olarakfor a limited period of time
- geçici olarakfor a limited period of time
- idaretenfor a limited period of time
- muvakkatenfor a limited period of time
Ukrainian тимчасо́во
- тимчасо́во (tymčasóvo)for a limited period of time
Welsh dros dro
- dros drofor a limited period of time
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
temporarily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporarily
“temporarily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporarily. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “temporarily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporarily.
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