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provisory

/pɹəˈvaɪzəɹi/
adjective
  1. Containing a proviso.

    "The provisory clause effectively excluded his otherwise logical heirs from his main inheritance."

  2. Dependent on a proviso or condition.

    "A provisory guarantee is rather like blackmail."

  3. Temporary; pending something more permanent.

Synonymsconditional, provisional, temporary, transitory

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