temporarily

adverb

tem·​po·​rar·​i·​ly ˌtem-pə-ˈrer-ə-lē 

: during a limited time

Examples of temporarily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

District court judges have temporarily blocked the president's effort to ban transgender people from serving in the military, his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship and the administration's mass firings of federal probationary workers, among others. —Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025

Young Park and all roadways leading to the park are temporarily closed while investigators conduct their work. —Jon Haworth, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2025

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday. —Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025

Carney also said Ottawa is also going to waive the one-week waiting period to get employment insurance for people whose jobs are cut because of the tariffs, and temporarily allow Canadian businesses to defer income tax and sales tax payments to help boost their liquidity. —Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

temporary entry 1 + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for temporarily

• arbitrarily
• customarily
• militarily
• momentarily
• necessarily
• ordinarily
• secondarily
• voluntarily
• airily
• caroli
• merrily
• verily