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PROVISORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does provisory mean?
• PROVISORY (adjective)
The adjective PROVISORY has 1 sense:
1. subject to a proviso
Familiarity information: PROVISORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to a proviso
Context example:
a provisory clause
Similar:
conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)
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