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Provisory

Provisory \Pro*vi"so*ry\, a. [Cf. F. provisoire.]

  1. Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.

  2. Making temporary provision; provisional.

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provisory

a. 1 containing (a) proviso(es) 2 dependent on a condition (proviso) 3 pending something more permanent

WordNet
provisory

adj. subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"

Usage examples of "provisory".

Zachary Benedict barked the order and watched with fury the cattle that moved in a provisory corral, constructed near the house of a farm.

The explosion of 1968 in Europe, the United States, and Japan, coupled with the Vietnamese military victory over the United States, however, completely dissolved this provisory stabilization.