Transitory

Quick meaning: Transitory is an adjective meaning Lasting only a short time; temporary.

Meaning

Lasting only a short time; temporary.

More Meanings

1. (law) Of an action: that may be brought in any county

Example Sentences

in transitory actions, for injuries that might have happened anywhere

Secondly, That the Materials being very tranſitory, have ſuffered much from Inclemencies of Air, eſpecially in theſe North-Weſt Regions.

Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger.

For a moment she paused by the taxi-stand and watched them—wondering that but a few years before she had been of their number, ever setting out for a radiant Somewhere, always just about to have that ultimate passionate adventure for which the girls' cloaks were delicate and beautifully furred, for which their cheeks were painted and their hearts higher than the transitory dome of pleasure that would engulf them, coiffure, cloak, and all.

Synonyms for transitory

Depending on context, synonyms include earthly, ephemeral, brief, deciduous, evanescent, fleeting.

Antonyms for transitory

Common opposites include local.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include short-lived, ephemeral, impermanent, transient, temporary, fugacious.

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