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Webster 1913 Edition


Provisionary

Pro-vi′sion-a-ry

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Adj.
Provisional.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Provisionary

PROVI'SIONARY

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Adj.
Provisional; provided for the occasion; not permanent.

Definition 2024


provisionary

provisionary

English

Adjective

provisionary (comparative more provisionary, superlative most provisionary)

  1. provisional
    • 2009 July 29, David Streitfeld, “Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Some Hope”, in New York Times:
      The good news in the Case-Shiller index, the most widely watched source of price information about the housing market, is equally provisionary.