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[ adjective ] lasting for a markedly brief time
Synonyms Examples "a fleeting glance" "fugitive hours" "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass" "a momentary glimpse" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)So we may conceive the coexistence of the infinite number of universal , apparently momentary states_of_matter , successive one_after_another in consciousness , but permanent each on its own basic phase of the progressive frequencies . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)This man 's isolation is not merely momentary , it is permanent . Related terms |
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