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provisory

[pruh-vahy-zuh-ree] / prəˈvaɪ zə ri /
ADJECTIVE
conditional
Synonyms
WEAK
codicillary contingent depending on fortuitous granted on certain terms guarded iffy incidental inconclusive limited modified not absolute obscure provisional qualified relative reliant relying on restricted restrictive subject to tentative uncertain with grain of salt with reservations with strings attached

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M. de Ternary notified us of his recall on the 17th of May, and delivered the letter of the Provisory Executive Council to that effect.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

I had sent to the President, yesterday, draughts of a letter from him to the Provisory Executive Council of France, and of one from myself to Mr. Ternant, both on the occasion of his recall.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson