provisionally

1. 1.

   temporarily and conditionally

   “they have agreed provisionally”

   “was appointed provisionally”

Questions about provisionally

What does provisionally mean?

provisionally means "temporarily and conditionally".

How many syllables are in provisionally?

provisionally has 5 syllables: pro-vis-io-nal-ly. The stress falls on "vis". In IPA it is /pɹəˈvɪʒənəli/.

Is provisionally a common word?

provisionally is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.