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Definition of Fleetingly
1. adv. In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
Definition of Fleetingly
1. Adverb. in a fleeting manner ¹
2. Adverb. transiently ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fleetingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleetingly
Literary usage of Fleetingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birmingham Medical Review (1898)
"always fleeting, and nothing acute or subacute Exposure does not depress the
constitution, except very fleetingly Damp, east winds, fogs, etc., ..."
2. Psychology for Normal Schools by Lawrence Augustus Averill (1921)
"So with auditory stimuli; the banging of a door, or the tearing of paper, or a
horn blown by some other child fix fleetingly the attention of the infant. ..."
3. The Origin and Its Meaning: On the Origin of the Universe and Its Mechanics by Roger Ellman (2004)
"They exist, albeit fleetingly, when produced by the collisions and at least some
of them probably fleetingly existed during the Big Bang's radioactive decay ..."
4. The Interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud (1913)
"... that things which have been fully settled never become dream inciters, but
only such things as are incomplete in the mind or touch it fleetingly (p. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... the genus in 1893* the fact of a tendency of the black spots to coalesce is
fleetingly referred to. But undoubt- ' Trane. Amer. Ent. 800., V., 20, p. ..."
6. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"... is a point of view which Dr. Parsons attains to only fleetingly and superficially.
Nevertheless, the space which is given to the work of Hering, ..."
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