temporally

[tem-per-uhl, tem-pruhl]

tem·po·ral

1[tem-per-uhl, tem-pruhl]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to time.
2.
pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly: temporal joys.
3.
enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory (opposed to eternal).
4.
Grammar.
a.
of, pertaining to, or expressing time: a temporal adverb.
b.
of or pertaining to the tenses of a verb.
5.
secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.
noun Usually, temporals.
6.
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
7.
something that is temporal; a temporal matter or affair.

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Temporally is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English (adj. and noun) < Latin temporālis, equivalent to tempor- (stem of tempus) time + -ālis -al1

tem·po·ral·ly, adverb
tem·po·ral·ness, noun
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temporal1 (ˈtɛmpərəl, ˈtɛmprəl)
 
adj
1.  of or relating to time
2.  of or relating to secular as opposed to spiritual or religious affairs: the lords spiritual and temporal
3.  lasting for a relatively short time
4.  grammar of or relating to tense or the linguistic expression of time in general: a temporal adverb
 
[C14: from Latin temporālis, from tempus time]
 
'temporally1
 
adv
 
'temporalness1
 
n

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