provisionally

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  1. In a provisional manner; by way of provision; temporarily; for a present exigency. The abbot of St. Martin … was born, … was baptised, and declared a man provisionally [till time should show what he would prove]. Menage, quoted in Locke, Human Understanding, III. vi. § 26.

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  • Bolivar accepted provisionally, and immediately tried to obtain a friendly compromise with Venezuela. —  Simon Bolivar, the Liberator
  • I have spoken to him about the matter provisionally, and he assures me that a monument in marble (which would cost about fifty to sixty thousand francs) could be finished in two years, and he is ready to begin the work at once. —  Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, "From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso,"
  • "There will be no way that people on our side of the aisle will agree to seat any senator provisionally or otherwise," he told reporters on a conference call. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • "I can assure you that there will be no way people on our side of the aisle will agree to seat any senator provisionally or otherwise unless there is a valid election certificate and all legal issues about who got the most votes is finally decided," —  USATODAY.com News - Top Stories
  • "I can assure you that there will be no way people on our side of the aisle will agree to seat any senator provisionally or otherwise unless there is a valid election certificate and all legal issues about who got the most votes is finally decided," Cornyn said. —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
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