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adjective
Provisory  adj.  
1.
Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.
2.
Making temporary provision; provisional.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Provisory" Quotes from Famous Books



... more general points of view—we could declare ourselves in full accord with it. All investigation strives after a unity of principle; this impulse is a scientific leading motive of our nature. Besides the absolute limits of our knowledge, there are still enough relative and provisory limits to it; and there also are enough low points of view, mistakes, and imperfections in science, to justify us when we expressly form and establish monism as a maxim of scientific investigation. ...
— The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality • Rudolf Schmid
... in time—ay, such provisory parenthesis was in my mind at the moment. But I drew hope from observing that the steed kept a ring cleared around him: his assailants only ...
— The War Trail - The Hunt of the Wild Horse • Mayne Reid


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