transitionally
In passing through
In a manner relating to transition or change from one state, condition, or phase to another.
The adverb typically modifies how something occurs during a period of change: The company operated transitionally while merging departments.
It often appears in policy and institutional contexts describing interim arrangements.
For a limited time
- provisionallyConditionally, pending confirmation
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- short-termOf limited duration
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
stopgap · placeholder · ad-hoc · in-between · bridging · meanwhile · pro tem · contingently
In slow stages
- progressivelyIn increasing stages
- incrementallyBy small successive amounts
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- phasingImplementing by stages
sequentially · systematically · methodically · staged · evolving · unfolding · developing · advancing
temporarily
For a limited time
- provisionallyConditionally, pending confirmation
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- short-termOf limited duration
makeshift · stopgap · placeholder · ad-hoc · in-between · bridging · meanwhile · pro tem · contingently · ephemerally
gradually
In slow stages
- progressivelyIn increasing stages
- incrementallyBy small successive amounts
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
phasing · sequentially · systematically · methodically · staged · evolving · unfolding · developing · advancing · shifting
transformatively
In a reshaping manner
transitionallypermanently
In an unchanging manner
forever · perpetually · enduringly · lastingly · indefinitely
transitionallystably
Without fluctuation
steadily · consistently · unchangingly · fixedly · constantly
transitionallyfinally
At the end
definitively · conclusively · ultimately · stably · fixedly
- transitional governmentTemporary authority between regimes
- transitional periodTime between two stages
- transitional phaseTime between two states
- transitional housingTemporary supported accommodation
- transitional objectAttachment substitute for children
- transitional fossilSpecimen bridging ancestral groups