Transientness (Short duration)
Nouns
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transience, transientness etc. adj.
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evanescence, impermanence, fugacity [Chem], caducity, mortality, span
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nine days' wonder, bubble, Mayfly
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spurt
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flash in the pan
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temporary arrangement, interregnum. velocity etc. Velocity
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suddenness etc. [Point of time] Instantaneity
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changeableness etc. Changeableness. transient, transient boarder, transient guest [U.S.].
Verbs
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be transient etc. adj.
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flit, pass away, fly, gallop, vanish, fade, evaporate
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pass away like a cloud, pass away like a summer cloud, pass away like a shadow, pass away like a dream.
Adjectives
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transient, transitory, transitive
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passing, evanescent, fleeting, cursory, short-lived, ephemeral
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flying etc. v.
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fugacious, fugitive
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shifting, slippery
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spasmodic
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instantaneous, momentaneous. temporal, temporary
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provisional, provisory
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deciduous
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perishable, mortal, precarious, unstable, insecure
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impermanent. brief, quick, brisk, extemporaneous, summary
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pressed for time etc. (haste) Haste
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sudden, momentary etc. (instantaneous) [Point of time] Instantaneity.
Adverbs
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temporarily etc. adj.
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for the moment, for a time
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awhile
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in a short time
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soon etc. (early) Earliness
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briefly etc. adj.
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at short notice
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on the point of, on the eve of
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in articulo
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between cup and lip.
Phrases
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one's days are numbered
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the time is up
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here today and gone tomorrow
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a schoolboy's tale, the wonder of the hour! [Byron]