tran·si·to·ry 
(trănsĭ-tôr′ē, trănzĭ-)
(trănsĭ-tôr′ē, trănzĭ-)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 trānsitōrius, from Latin, having a passageway, from trānsitus, passage; see TRANSIT.]
tran′si·tori·ly adv.
transi·to′ri·ness n.