provisionary

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"Fortunately for you, madame, you have never been driven to the necessity of admitting the utility of such provisionary measures."

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

There was a ring at the door-bell about eight o’clock, which proved the herald of little Mrs. Snow, holding in one hand a provisionary vial.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday

My mother it appears declines rapidly: her death is even feared, and should it happen, I cannot pretend to insist on the obstacles which her maternal cares and provisionary fears have raised.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

Assembly abolished the constitution of the year III., ordained the provisionary Consulate, and legalized the coup d’�tat in favour of Bonaparte.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

Necessity had occasioned the formation of a provisionary school, where the pupils received rapidly the first notions of the attack and defence of places, after which they were sent to the armies.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.