# temporarily

Pronunciation: US say "tem-puh-RAIR-uh-lee" /ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/; UK say "TEM-pruh-ri-lee" /ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/

## Adverb

1. For a limited period of time rather than permanently.
   - Simple: For a short time only, and not forever.
   - _The museum closed temporarily last spring while its main gallery was renovated._
   - _He was temporarily assigned to the Denver office during the merger._

## Origin

Formed from "temporary" combined with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/temporarily (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).