temporarily
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- 1For a limited period of time rather than permanently.
The museum closed temporarily last spring while its main gallery was renovated.
He was temporarily assigned to the Denver office during the merger.
Similarbriefly, provisionally, momentarily
Oppositepermanently, indefinitely
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Origin
Formed from "temporary" combined with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly".