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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, fleeting |
| Synonyms: | cursory, dreamlike, ephemeral, evanescent, flashing, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, gone in flash, hasty, impermanent, impulsive, in wink of an eye, instantaneous, like lightning, passing, quick, shifting, short, short-lived, spasmodic, summary, temporary, transient, transitory, vanishing, volatile |
| Notes: | momentary means fleeting, brief; momentous means significant and having great consequence |
| Antonyms: | lasting, long-lasting, permanent, staying |
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