provisionary

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Mrs Fanshawe hitched herself into her corner, planted her feet more firmly on the provisionary footstool, and folded her hands on her knee.

From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

She had already taken that provisionary leap into a mythical future which is one of the perfunctory attitudes of maidenhood.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday

The preamble of this law, standing as it now stands, has the lie direct given to it by the provisionary part of the act: if that can be called provisionary which makes no provision.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

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

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