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temporarily

adv
/ˌtɛmpəˈɹɛɹəli/US/ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ər)ɪli/UK

Etymology

From temporary + -ly.

  1. borrowed from temporarius
  2. formed as temporarily — “temporary + -ly”

Definitions

  1. For a limited period of time

    For a limited period of time; not permanently.

    • Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
    • The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.
    • The New York Post also temporarily took down and then revised and republished an article about the Fox reporter’s exchange with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Monday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at temporarily. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at temporarily. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at temporarily

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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