transiently

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtrænʃəntli/ UK /ˈtrænziəntli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a way that lasts only a short time

The fever flared transiently and was gone by morning.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a way that lasts only a... temporarily briefly fleetingly momentarily ephemerally

Opposites

permanently lastingly enduringly

Word family

Related forms transient transience transitory

Etymology

From transient + -ly; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go').

trānsīre Latin īre Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# transiently

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈtrænʃəntli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtrænziəntli/

## Meanings
1. in a way that lasts only a short time

## Examples
- The fever flared transiently and was gone by morning.

## Synonyms
- temporarily
- briefly
- fleetingly
- momentarily
- ephemerally

## Antonyms
- permanently
- lastingly
- enduringly

## Related Forms
- transient
- transience
- transitory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trānsīre
- Root: īre

## Etymology
From transient + -ly; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go').

## AI Etymology
Transiently is from transient + -ly; transient is from Latin trānsiēns ('going across'), present participle of trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). Important recorded forms include trānsīre (Latin) and īre (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers in a way that lasts only a short time. The wider family includes related words such as transient, transience, and transitory.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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