evanescentadjective
uk/ˌiː.vəˈnes.ənt/us/ˌev.ə-/formallasting for only a short time, then disappearing quickly and being forgotten
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Short in time
- awhile
- be short notice idiom
- bit
- blitz
- brevity
- brief
- ephemeral
- fit
- fleeting
- flutter
- minute 1
- moment
- momentarily
- momentary
- msec
- quick
- sec
- shortish
- twinkling
- wee hours
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evanescence
noun [ U ] usuk/-əns/
Examples from literature
- About a sudden hillside, brilliantly blue, the evanescent mist hung over the heavy fronds, going out in the sunlight that was breaking through a grey sky.
- But even that joy was fleeting and evanescent: they never reached maturity.
- It arises when rigid ideal terms are imposed on evanescent existence.
- It is probably but an evanescent remedy, and capable of rendering the cattle safe during one night only.
- Like all the glories of the May woods it is evanescent.