provisionary
Example Sentences
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Of course it is all provisionary: I do not even know yet what is to be done with you, whether--whether you will stay with me, or go for a while to some school.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Ossip Schubin
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 Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
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 Thomas Holcroft
"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 Eugène Sue
She had already taken that provisionary leap into a mythical future which is one of the perfunctory attitudes of maidenhood.
From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
