adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]
1. For a time, temporarily. rare.
14501530. 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.
1667. South, 12 Serm. (1727), II. 33. Those sinners who are in such a temporally happy Condition, owe it not to their Sins, but wholly to their Luck, and a benign Chance that they are so.
1679. Whitebread, in Speeches Jesuits, 2. I pray God bless His Majesty both Temporally and Eternally.