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# temporarily

adverb (temporarily)

«temporarily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Temporarily means for a short time only, not for ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#m1)
2. Temporarily means for now, until something changes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life signs say «temporarily closed» or «temporarily out of order», meaning it will open or work again later. In safety, a road may be temporarily shut. In science a change can be temporary (melting ice can freeze again). Opposite: permanently.

### Examples

- The pool is temporarily closed for cleaning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x1)
- The lift is temporarily out of order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x2)
- We are temporarily living with my nan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x3)
- The road was temporarily blocked by a fallen tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x4)
- The power went off temporarily during the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x5)
- She temporarily lost her voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x6)
- The website is temporarily unavailable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «temporary». Spelling trap: temporARily — many people miss the «ar». Opposite: permanently. It describes how long, not how much.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «temporarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«temporarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/temporarily.html) on Mova free.