fleetingly
For mere moments
Fleetingly means for only a brief moment, passing quickly.
What happens fleetingly barely registers before it's gone: I fleetingly considered calling in sick.
The thought crossed my mind fleetingly.
The word suggests something glimpsed or felt but not sustained—a passing impression rather than a lasting one.
For a very short time
- brieflyIn few words
- transientlyFor a short time
- passingMoving by or temporary
- instantaneouslyOccurring without time passing
temporarily · short-lived · swift · quick · rapid · hasty · sudden · split-second
Brief in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
- temporaryLimited in duration
- mutableAble to be changed
- changeableCapable of alteration
unstable · shifting · volatile · passing · decaying · withering · dying · perishable
Tending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
- evaporatingChanging from liquid to gas
dissolving · melting · disappearing · elusive · fugitive · wispy · ghostly · shadowy
momentarily
For a very short time
- brieflyIn few words
- transientlyFor a short time
- passingMoving by or temporary
instantaneously · temporarily · short-lived · swift · quick · rapid · hasty · sudden · split-second · flash
transitory
Brief in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
- temporaryLimited in duration
- mutableAble to be changed
changeable · unstable · shifting · volatile · passing · decaying · withering · dying · perishable · mortal
evanescent
Tending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
evaporating · dissolving · melting · disappearing · elusive · fugitive · wispy · ghostly · shadowy · dreamlike
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- Temporarilybriefly, temporarily, for now, meanwhile, for the time being
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
fleetinglypermanently
In an unchanging manner
eternally · enduringly · perpetually · lastingly · indefinitely
fleetinglyconstantly
At all times
forevermore · steadily · persistently · fixedly · durably
- fleeting momentTransient instant
- fleeting glanceQuick, passing look
- fleeting thoughtBrief, quickly forgotten idea
- fleeting beautyShort-lived aesthetic appeal
- fleeting timeBrevity of passing moments
- fleeting reignTemporary hold on power