impermanently
For limited duration
In a way that is not permanent or lasting.
The word appears in contexts where temporary arrangements or transient states need emphasis: They lived impermanently, moving every few months.
The adverb is rare—most writers prefer phrases like "temporarily" or "for a time."
For a limited time
- momentarilyFor a very short time
- brieflyIn few words
- transientlyFor a short time
- short-termOf limited duration
provisionally · interim · fleetingly · passing · ephemerally · short-lived · pro tem · stopgap
For a very short time
- vanishinglyTo near-zero degree
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
- disappearingCeasing to be visible
evaporating · dissolving · melting · waning · dimming · receding · dwindling · ethereally
In risky unstable manner
- tenuouslyWith slight foundation
- shakilyIn trembling manner
- unsteadilyWithout firmness or stability
- insecurelyWithout firmness or stability
fragilely · uncertainly · changeably · erratically · capriciously · inconstantly · variably · fluidly
temporarily
For a limited time
- momentarilyFor a very short time
- brieflyIn few words
- transientlyFor a short time
short-term · provisionally · interim · fleetingly · passing · ephemerally · short-lived · pro tem · stopgap · makeshift
fleetingly
For a very short time
- vanishinglyTo near-zero degree
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
disappearing · evaporating · dissolving · melting · waning · dimming · receding · dwindling · ethereally · shadowlike
precariously
In risky unstable manner
- tenuouslyWith slight foundation
- shakilyIn trembling manner
- unsteadilyWithout firmness or stability
insecurely · fragilely · uncertainly · changeably · erratically · capriciously · inconstantly · variably · fluidly · mercurially
impermanentlypermanently
In an unchanging manner
eternally · perpetually · everlastingly · enduringly · lastingly