Both Uses of
transient
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- but it was too transient an indulgence of self-amusement to be detected by any who understood him less than herself;†
Chpt 8 *
- It was transient: cleared away in an instant; but Anne could imagine she read there the consciousness of having, by some complication of mutual trick, or some overbearing authority of his, been obliged to attend (perhaps for half an hour) to his lectures and restrictions on her designs on Sir Walter.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
lasting a short time
or:
one who stays for only a short time
or:
one who stays for only a short time