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tran·si·to·ry  (trns-tôr, -tr, trnz-)
adj.
Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary: "the disorder of his life: the succession of cities, of transitory loves" (Carson McCullers).
[Middle English transitorie, from Old French transitoire, from Late Latin trnsitrius, from Latin, having a passageway, from trnsitus, passage; see transit.]
transi·tori·ly adv.
transi·tori·ness n.
transitory
Adjective
lasting only for a short time
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.transitorytransitory - lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient
impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
transitory
adjective short-lived, short, passing, brief, short-term, temporary, fleeting, transient, flying, momentary, ephemeral, evanescent, impermanent, here today and gone tomorrow, fugacious << OPPOSITE lasting
Translations
transitory [ˈtrænzɪtərɪ] adj → transitorio
transitory [ˈtrænzɪtərɪ] adj → transitoire
transitory [ˈtrænzɪtərɪ] transit adj [emotion, arrangement etc] → vorübergehend
transitory [ˈtrænzɪtərɪ] adj → transitorio/a


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Yet apart from all transitory passions and the ephemeral results of mortal love, the song of the Taoist lover soars unstained, untrammelled.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
Many a night he vaguely and unhappily wandered there, when wine had brought no transitory gladness to him; many a dreary daybreak revealed his solitary figure lingering there, and still lingering there when the first beams of the sun brought into strong relief, removed beauties of architecture in spires of churches and lofty buildings, as perhaps the quiet time brought some sense of better things, else forgotten and unattainable, into his mind.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Still, beside, or only a little way beneath, such a picture of passing fashion, what Steele and his fellows really deal with is the least transitory aspects of life, though still merely aspects--those points in which all human nature, great or little, finds what it has in common, and directly shows itself up.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
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