Both Uses
ephemeral
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
(Edited)
- Marfa Petrovna had not the slightest intention of settling anything substantial on him, having regard for his children's interests, and, if she left him anything, it would only be the merest sufficiency, something insignificant and ephemeral, which would not last a year for a man of his habits.
Chpt 4.2ephemeral = lasting only for a short time
- In fact, if there could be any hope, it would be very ephemeral,
Chpt 5.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(ephemeral) existing only for a short time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)