PROVISIONALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does provisionally mean? 

• PROVISIONALLY (adverb)
  The adverb PROVISIONALLY has 1 sense:

1. temporarily and conditionally

  Familiarity information: PROVISIONALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROVISIONALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Temporarily and conditionally

Context example:

was appointed provisionally

Pertainym:

provisional (under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon)

 Context examples 

“Is your brother an agreeable man, Peggotty?” I inquired, provisionally.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The moon — provisionally designated S/2015 (136472) 1 and nicknamed MK 2 — is more than 1,300 times fainter than Makemake.

(Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake, NASA)