temporarily

1. 1.

   for a limited time only; not permanently

   “he will work here temporarily”

   “he was brought out of retirement temporarily”

   “a power failure temporarily darkened the town”

   Antonymspermanently

Questions about temporarily

What does temporarily mean?

temporarily means "for a limited time only; not permanently".

How many syllables are in temporarily?

temporarily has 5 syllables: tem-po-rar-i-ly. The stress falls on "rar". In IPA it is /ˌtɛmpɚˈɛɹəli/.

What is the opposite of temporarily?

The recorded antonyms are permanently.

Is temporarily a common word?

temporarily is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.