Transitorily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a transitory way.
"With regard to similes of this kind, it will readily occur to the reader that when a resembling subject is once properly introduced in a simile, the mind is transitorily amused with the new object, and is not dissatisfied with the slight interruption."
Adverb
- 1 for a very brief time wordnet
Example
More examples"With regard to similes of this kind, it will readily occur to the reader that when a resembling subject is once properly introduced in a simile, the mind is transitorily amused with the new object, and is not dissatisfied with the slight interruption."
Etymology
From transitory + -ly.
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