About The Word Fleeting
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Fleeting
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What's The Definition Of Fleeting?
[adj] lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
[adj] moving or passing by very swiftly; "fleeting clouds passing before the face of the moon" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fleeting: fugitive | momentaneous | momentary | moving | short Related Terms | Find terms related to Fleeting: abrupt | blunt | brief | brittle | brusque | capricious | changeable | compendious | corruptible | crusty | curt | deciduous | disappearing | dissolving | dying | ephemeral | evanescent | evaporating | fading | fickle | flitting | fly-by-night | flying | fragile | frail | fugacious | fugitive | gruff | impermanent | impetuous | impulsive | inconstant | insubstantial | laconic | melting | momentary | mortal | mutable | nondurable | nonpermanent | passing | perishable | short | short and sweet | short-lived | snippety | snippy | succinct | temporal | temporary | terse | transient | transitive | transitory | undurable | unenduring | unstable | vanishing | volatile See Also | Fleeting In Webster's Dictionary \Fleet"ing\, a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
the fleeting hours or moments.
Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}.
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