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Temporarily
/ˌtempəˈrerəli/
Something that is intended to last for a short period of time.
Synonyms:
briefly
short-term
provisionally
momentarily
Antonyms:
permanently
endlessly
forever
continually
Examples:
The shop is closed
temporarily
today.
She moved
temporarily
to a new city for work.
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin word
temporarius
, meaning
for a short time
, which comes from
tempus
meaning
time
.
Usage Statistics:
24 mentions per 1 million words
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