fleeting

adj.
Passing quickly; ephemeral: a fleeting glimpse; a fleeting interest in the campaign.

fleetingly fleet'ing·ly adv.

adjective

Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.

adj

Definition: brief, transient
Antonyms: constant, continual, endless, enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, long-lived, permanent, perpetual

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: moving or passing by very swiftly

Meaning #2: lasting for a markedly brief time
  Synonyms: fugitive, momentaneous, momentary

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - flygtig, forbigående

Nederlands (Dutch)
vluchtig

Français (French)
adj. - fugace, bref, éphémère

Deutsch (German)
adj. - flüchtig, vergänglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φευγαλέος, παροδικός, σύντομος

Italiano (Italian)
effimero, fuggevole, fugace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fugaz

Русский (Russian)
мимолетный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fugaz, efímero, breve, pasajero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - snabb, flyktig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转瞬间的, 短暂的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 轉瞬間的, 短暫的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 잠깐 동안의, 불현듯 지나가는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - いつしか過ぎて行く, 束の間の, はかない, 飛ぶように過ぎ去る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زائل , سريع الزوال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קצר, חולף‬

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