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Definition of fleeting adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

fleeting

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ˈflit̮ɪŋ//
 
[usually before noun]
 
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lasting only a short time synonym brief a fleeting glimpse/smile a fleeting moment of happiness We paid a fleeting visit to San Antonio.
 
adverb She smiled fleetingly. How could she, even fleetingly, entertain such a thought?
See fleeting in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary