ˈtemporally, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. For a time, temporarily. rare.
| 1450–1530 Myrr. our Ladye 185 The maker of all thynges rested temperally in the,..thow vyrgyn. |
2. In regard to temporal matters; in, or with respect to, this world; in the present life.
| c 1380 Antecrist in Todd 3 Treat. Wyclif 119 Antecrist havyng glorie of þe world temporally. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 20 As evill bitter wateris gerris mony folk dee temporaly, sa dois..heresy and lollardry the saule dee spiritualy. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 39 Punitions quhilk God sendis to synnaris temporallie. 1679 Whitebread in Speeches Jesuits 2, I pray God bless His Majesty both Temporally and Eternally. a 1716 South Serm. (J.), Sinners who are in such a temporally happy condition, owe it not to their sins, but wholly to their luck. |
3. With regard to time.
| 1961 in Webster. 1971 Nature 21 May 172/1 Temporally varying deviations between 40° and 60° were found. 1974 Sci. Amer. June 31/2 The pulse, which contains only about 10–3 joule of laser energy, is shaped spatially (and also temporally, if desired) prior to amplification. 1982 Ibid. Feb. 129/2 Temporally coherent light would show at the sampling point a continuous variation between crest and trough. |