transitory — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Lasting only a short time; temporary.

   Examples

   Secondly, That the Materials being very tranſitory, have ſuffered much from Inclemencies of Air, eſpecially in theſe North-Weſt Regions.

   More examples (2)

   Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger.

   For a moment she paused by the taxi-stand and watched them—wondering that but a few years before she had been of their number, ever setting out for a radiant Somewhere, always just about to have that ultimate passionate adventure for which the girls' cloaks were delicate and beautifully furred, for which their cheeks were painted and their hearts higher than the transitory dome of pleasure that would engulf them, coiffure, cloak, and all.

2. Of an action: that may be brought in any county

   Antonyms

   local

   Examples

   in transitory actions, for injuries that might have happened anywhere

Adjective

1. lasting a very short time

   Synonyms

   ephemeralpassingshort-livedtransientfugacious

   Examples

   the ephemeral joys of childhood

   a passing fancy

   More examples (3)

   youth's transient beauty

   love is transitory but it is eternal

   fugacious blossoms