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momentary
adjective
1 momentary
Lasting for a markedly brief time:
— A momentary glimpse.
synonyms: fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous.
Roget 111:
transient,
transitory,
transitive;
passing,
evanescent,
fleeting,
cursory,
short-lived,
ephemeral;
flying
etc.
v.;
fugacious,
fugitive;
shifting,
slippery;
spasmodic;
instantaneous,
momentaneous†.
temporal,
temporary;
provisional,
provisory;
deciduous;
perishable,
mortal,
precarious,
unstable,
insecure;
impermanent.
brief,
quick,
brisk,
extemporaneous,
summary;
pressed for time
etc.
(haste)
684;
sudden,
momentary
etc.
(instantaneous)
113.
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Roget 113:
instantaneous,
momentary,
sudden,
immediate,
instant,
abrupt,
discontinuous,
precipitous,
precipitant,
precipitate;
subitaneous†,
hasty;
quick as thought,
quick as lightning,
quick as a flash;
rapid as electricity.
speedy,
quick,
fast,
fleet,
swift,
lively,
blitz;
rapid
(velocity)
274.
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Polish: przelotny
Moby thesaurus: annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, brief, brittle, capricious, catamenial, centenary, centennial, changeable, corruptible, daily, decennial, deciduous, diurnal, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fortnightly, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, hasty, hebdomadal, hourly, immediate, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, instant, instantaneous, insubstantial, lightning-like, menstrual, momentaneous, momently, monthly, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing, perishable, presto, quarterly, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quotidian, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, short, short-lived, temporal, temporary, tertian, transient, transitive, transitory, triennial, undurable, unenduring, unstable, volatile, weekly, yearly ... show more.
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