provvisoriamente

provisionally

adverb prohv-vee-zoh-ryah-MEN-teh Rare

Also means

temporarily

Usage Note

Provvisoriamente signals that an arrangement is not yet final — 'for the time being'. It is longer and more formal than temporaneamente; both are common in bureaucratic and legal Italian. Learners sometimes confuse provvisorio with 'provisional' in the English political sense — in Italian it simply means 'temporary'.

Examples

"Il ponte è stato provvisoriamente chiuso."

Natural Translation

The bridge has been provisionally closed.

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