单词 | transitorily |
释义 | transitorilyadv. In a transitory manner; temporarily; briefly, momentarily; in passing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] transitorily1576 transiently1629 evanescently1847 flittingly1847 ephemerally1848 1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day sig. Q.iiij Those thinges are of none accompte which doe transitorilye and seculerly delyght. 1612 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 92 I make account to be in London, transitorily, about the end of August. 1671 H. Stubbe Preface to Reader 3 in Epistolary Disc. Phlebotomy Men..have but transitorily, and superficially looked into the Subjects they treat of. 1737 C. Clarkson Duty of Setting Affection on Things Above 14 We had Leisure, even but thus transitorily, to inspect every other Circumstance and Condition of Life. 1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. III. xix. 19 The mind..is transitorily amused with them [sc. new objects]. 1847 Illustr. London News 10 July 29/1 A flash of lightning now and then illuminated the entire panorama, but too transitorily to catch any of its features. 1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis vii. 281 In acute lead-poisoning..large quantities of albumin are often transitorily present in the urine. 1923 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 94 205 Anuran tadpoles, transitorily, possess external gills. 1979 Signs 5 137 Other people may attach themselves to the group transitorily, establishing ties of distant kinship. 2016 Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 6 Sept. Fonseka will take over Main's role transitorily, till the end of the ongoing Australian tour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1576 |
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