adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]

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  1.  For a time, temporarily. rare.

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1450–1530.  Myrr. our Ladye, 185. The maker of all thynges rested temperally in the,… thow vyrgyn.

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  2.  In regard to temporal matters; in, or with respect to, this world; in the present life.

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c. 1380.  Antecrist, in Todd, 3 Treat. Wyclif, 119. Antecrist havyng glorie of þe world temporally.

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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.

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1552.  Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 39. Punitions quhilk God sendis to synnaris temporallie.

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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.

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1679.  Whitebread, in Speeches Jesuits, 2. I pray God bless His Majesty both Temporally and Eternally.

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