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Definition
lasting a short time- Do not be concerned about mild, transitory symptoms.
transitory = lasting a short time
- The goal of this emergency organization is to keep a transitory problem from turning into one that is permanent.
- Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession.Tennessee Williams -- A Streetcar Named Desire
- He was one of the few people who was acutely conscious of the transitoriness of life, and how necessary it was to make the most of it.W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
- This is why Plato finds it necessary to separate, for example, "horseness" from "horse" and say that horseness is real and fixed and true and unmoving, while the horse is a mere, unimportant, transitory phenomenon.Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- The church's strength was its tradition, not its transience. The whole world was transitory.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- This part of my life, strange and transitory, was almost over.Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
- His goodness must not be a partial and transitory act, but a constantHenry David Thoreau -- Walden
- the human body as transitory and fragile and, by contrast, the soul as enduring.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- Scientists have always ignored national boundaries, holding themselves above the transitory concerns of politics and even wars.Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
- He had a transitory idea of jumping into the tram and slamming the doors,H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man
- These feelings are transitory;Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- For a transitory moment, I think I detect a tiny crack of light in his eyes.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- Others are more... transitory.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- Is it the individual of whom I had formerly—hum—some—ha—slight transitory knowledge, and to whom I believe you have referred?Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- I did not then know that it was no transitory blossom, but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
- this is a kind of beauty even more transitory than most,C.S. Lewis -- The Screwtape Letters
- my dear and tender wife was forced to submit to the irresistible power of Death, leaving this transitory life for a better.Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
- So why should the transitory customs of one local culture affect the decision so much?Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- Many a night he vaguely and unhappily wandered there, when wine had brought no transitory gladness to him;Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = lasting a short time
transitoriness = shortness
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
transitory = lasting a short time
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transitory = temporary (lasting a short time)
transitory = lasting a short time
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transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = temporary (lasting a short time)
transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = short-lived (lasting a short time)
transitory = lasting a short time
transitory = temporary (lasting a short time)
transitory = lasting a short time
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