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Synonyms for transitory

Grammar : Adj
Spell : tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræn sɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -zɪ-

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Définition of transitory

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French transitoire (12c.), from Late Latin transitorius "passing, transient," from Latin, "allowing passage through," from transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
  • adj temporary
  • adj brief
  • adj fleeting
Example sentences :
  • In the strength of his constancy, the Pyramids seem to him recent and transitory.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • For this kingdom which is transitory and of the earth I do not greatly care.
  • Extract from : « Henry the Sixth » by John Blacman
  • The effect of his words, on me, was neither slight nor transitory.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • All were as transitory as smoke, as illusionary as the opium-eater's mid-day dream.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • But if the mania arise from causes which are transitory, then there is no ground for alarm.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • Prefer knowledge to wealth; for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
  • Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
  • Every impulse given to the masses is, in its nature, spasmodic and transitory.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Grief, with the Countess, was usually a passionate, but also a transitory feeling.
  • Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The doctor, whom she met there, said that this state of calm was very possibly only transitory.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • He wished to show up their way of thinking, which clings to the transitory only.
  • Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner

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