transientlyadv.
/ˈtranzɪəntli/, /ˈtrɑːnzɪəntli/, /ˈtransɪəntli/, /ˈtrɑːnsɪəntli/, U.S. /ˈtræn(t)ʃən(t)li/, /ˈtrænʒən(t)li/ In a transient manner; temporarily; briefly, momentarily; in passing.
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society > travel > [adverb] > passing through or staying briefly
transiently1629
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb]
transitorily1576
transiently1629
evanescently1847
flittingly1847
ephemerally1848
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adverb] > past > in passing by
transiently1629
en passant1665
1629 T. Paybody Iust Apologie Gesture of Kneeling iii. iii. 274 Acquit them from allowing any worship of the image directly, or indirectly, mediately, or immediately, permanently, or transiently.
1641 R. Younge Counterpoyson (ed. 2) 398 I have transiently found (in making up the Index) some literall mistakes, points misplaced, &c.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Humble Motion to Parl. 25 Some ends which I have transiently..glanced at.
1684 R. Baxter Whether Parish Congregations 20 They might occasionally Communicate in our Parishes transiently.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxi. 69 I thought, transiently thought, that the tea..had an odd taste.
1787 World 4 Dec. Words, floating transiently in their recollection.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 87 A smile passed transiently over his clouded brow.
1900 Speaker 29 Dec. 336/2 Not only transiently, but permanently declining.
1969 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 14 Oct. 6/4 The Democratic party and its current spokesmen may manage to get themselves transiently off the sharpest edge of the hook.
2017 Indian Agric. News (Nexis) 1 June Enzyme structures that only exist briefly and transiently can be entirely essential for the catalytic function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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