vanishing

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Indeed there was softness in her whole deportment—in her face, in her voice; but there was also reserve, and an air fleeting, evanishing, intangible.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

Fortune, goddess evanishing and coy, was with him for once.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

It has all the ethereal, evanishing fascination of a spirit.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

Except in scenes and sentiments of pathos, where she had lost nothing, the last, fine, evanishing tints, the delicate aroma of the character, were wanting in her personation.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various

It was the fragrance of the grape blossom that filled the blackberry field; most sweet, most evanishing, most significant.

From Diana by Warner, Susan