TEMPORARILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporarily mean? 

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

1. for a limited time only; not permanently

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORARILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

For a limited time only; not permanently

Context example:

a power failure temporarily darkened the town

Antonym:

permanently (for a long time without essential change)

Pertainym:

temporary (not permanent; not lasting)

 Context examples 

The brain activity patterns representing the other, temporarily unneeded, item disappeared―similar to what's observed when people are asked to forget information.

(Recalling temporary memories, NIH)

Scientists temporarily have no other resource providing views of the sun from the opposite side of the solar system from Earth.

(Curiosity Mars Rover Tracks Sunspots, NASA)

Rather, they tend to occur when you know a word but are temporarily unable to produce the sound for it.

(Exercise May Help Seniors with Word, Memory Problems, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The flow of blood to and from the limb is temporarily stopped with a tourniquet (a tight band around the limb).

(Isolated Chemotherapeutic Limb Perfusion, NCI Dictionary)

Terminology relevant to the reason the drug or therapy was temporarily ceased.

(CDISC SDTM Reason for Treatment Interruption Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Many growth factors appear to temporarily and non-covalently interact with the glycosaminoglycan heparin, which may affect growth factor activity.

(Heparin-Binding Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

This can lead people to use alcohol or drugs that make them feel better temporarily.

(Dual Diagnosis, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

A procedure to keep a tissue or organ cool while the blood supply at that site is temporarily decreased or cut off during surgery.

(Cold Ischemia During Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

The flow of blood to and from the limb is temporarily stopped with a tourniquet (a tight band around the limb), and anticancer drugs are put directly into the blood of the limb.

(Isolated limb perfusion, NCI Dictionary)

This temporarily separates the liver's blood supply from blood circulating throughout the rest of the body and allows high doses of anticancer drugs to be directed to the liver only.

(Isolated Chemotherapeutic Hepatic Perfusion, NCI Dictionary)