temporarily
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temporarily
- /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/ US
- /ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/ UK
- /ˌtɛmp(ə)ˈrɛrɪli/ UK
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Etymology tree
English temporary
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English temporarily
From temporary + -ly.
adverb
- For a limited period of time; not permanently. Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
