Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

provisorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-vi-so-ri-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a provisory manner; conditionally

Example Sentences

"to admit a doctrine provisorily"
"The judgment by which the phænomenon is thus provisorily referred , is called an hypothesis ,a supposition"

Etymology

From provisory + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: provisory

Inflected Forms

more provisorily (comparative) most provisorily (superlative)

Questions

What does provisorily mean?: In a provisory manner; conditionally
Where does provisorily come from?: From provisory + -ly.

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