temporarily

adverb

tem·​po·​rar·​i·​ly ˌtem-pə-ˈrer-ə-lē 

: during a limited time

Examples of temporarily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three crew members were injured Sunday afternoon on a freight ship that temporarily suffered engine problems north of the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog, the country's Coastguard maritime agency said. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Rains have stopped, at least temporarily, but rivers were still rising. — Mead Gruver, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Betkowski temporarily stepped away from the role in 1978 and returned to California for a couple months to receive psychiatric treatment at the then-UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

According to a Disneyland spokesperson, the park temporarily closed some areas due to weather impacts, which is standard operating procedure during heavy rain. — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

temporary entry 1 + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for temporarily

• arbitrarily
• customarily
• militarily
• momentarily
• necessarily
• ordinarily
• secondarily
• voluntarily
• airily
• caroli
• merrily
• verily