a provisional yes vs provisionally yes

Both "a provisional yes" and "provisionally yes" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "A provisional yes" is used when someone is giving a tentative or conditional yes to something, while "provisionally yes" is used to indicate that something is yes for the time being or subject to change.

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a provisional yes

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is giving a tentative or conditional yes to something, indicating that it is not a final decision.

Examples:

I can give you a provisional yes, but I need to check my schedule first.
She gave a provisional yes to the proposal, pending further discussion.

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Bishops: A Provisional Yes. Monday, July 9, 2012. By Joe Thoma. The House of Bishops authorized a provisional rite July 9 for blessing same-sex relationships.
Takeda's Entyvio (vedolizumab) has become the first biologic therapy to get a provisional yes from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as a ...
Nov 27, 2014 ... However, having a provisional “yes” will be an advantage. What is the affiliation between the OSM Foundation and the State of the Map?
Dec 23, 2014 ... The news is as a blow for the Japanese firm who had been buoyed in November when it gained a provisional yes from NICE, after its draft ...

Alternatives:

a tentative yes
a conditional yes
a hesitant yes
a qualified yes
a maybe

provisionally yes

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is yes for the time being or subject to change.

Examples:

I can say provisionally yes, but I may need to reconsider later.
The decision is provisionally yes, pending further information.

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Jun 30, 2014 ... WordCamp Europe is happening at the end of September, and I am provisionally (yes, it's not booked yet) looking to be there from the Thursday ...
Jan 17, 2013 ... meant to say "provisionally, yes", there is merit in re-opening this question and allowing the OP to get an answer on what this misuse of words is ...
... your question slightly, to "could the Ring have been destroyed before it ever came to Bilbo or Frodo" then the answer is, provisionally, yes.
Dec 31, 2004 ... Provisionally, yes. Her first succès de scandale, the 1964 essay “Notes on Camp, ” took the gay sensibility as its subject, even as it disdained ...

Alternatives:

tentatively yes
conditionally yes
temporarily yes
for now yes
subject to change yes

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