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Synonyms

temporarily

American  
[tem-puh-rair-uh-lee, tem-puh-rer-] / ˌtɛm pəˈrɛər ə li, ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr- /

adverb

  1. only for a while or for the time being; not permanently.

    The website you were trying to reach is temporarily unavailable.

Other Word Forms

  • nontemporarily adverb

Etymology

Origin of temporarily

temporary ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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Postal Service is also expected to temporarily increase prices for its shipping services by 8% on April 26.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

MarketWatch reached out to a number of major corporations, asking if they have temporarily modified their office attendance policies.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Using a laser, the team temporarily made proteins invisible in a strip at the back of a living cell to track how they moved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Its Isbergues site in France would now be closed from June to September, and the steel division production in Gelsenkirchen, Germany had already been temporarily shut, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

All those unhappy days and nights in Plinkst might have dimmed her Swanburnian spirit, temporarily.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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