fleeting
adjective
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory.
fleetingly
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a word derived from
fleeting.
Example Sentences
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However fleetingly, Kafka and his unmoored translators found in literature a place of belonging that felt impossible to them in life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
True to its Greek name meaning "unstable," it exists only fleetingly in nature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
Ms Paice says she fleetingly imagined they had come for Churchill's childhood lock of hair, which the palace displays.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
It’s a phenomenon fleetingly rare among mammals, found only in some primates, bats, and elephant shrews.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
