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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROVISIONALLY

adv. By way of provision; temporarily; for the present exigency.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROVISIONALLY

PROVISIONALLY Pro *vi "sion *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

provisionally

pro vi sion al ly |prəˈviZHənl -ē prəˈvɪʒənəli | ▶adverb subject to further confirmation; for the time being: the institute has provisionally approved the study.

 

Oxford Dictionary

provisionally

pro ¦vi ¦sion |al ¦ly |prəˈvɪʒən (ə )li | ▶adverb subject to further confirmation; for the time being: the film, provisionally entitled Skin, is due to be released next year.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

provisionally

provisionally adverb she was appointed provisionally to the post of general manager: temporarily, short-term, pro tem, for the interim, for the present, for the time being, for now, for the nonce; subject to confirmation, conditionally, tentatively.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

provisionally

provisionally adverb he was appointed provisionally for one year. See temporarily.

 

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