transitorily

1. 1.

   for a very brief time

Questions about transitorily

What does transitorily mean?

transitorily means "for a very brief time".

How many syllables are in transitorily?

transitorily has 5 syllables: tran-si-to-ri-ly. The stress falls on "to".

Is transitorily a common word?

transitorily 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.