transiently

tran·si·ent  (trnz-nt, -zhnt, -shnt)

adj.

1. Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth" (Lydia M. Child).

2. Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.

3. Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.

n.

1. One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time.

2. Physics A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current.

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[Alteration of Latin trnsins, trnseunt-, present participle of trnsre, to go over : trns-, over; see trans- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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transi·ent·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

transiently - for a very short time; "these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process"