momentary
/ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/ adjective B2- Lasting for only a moment.
- Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.
From the library
The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thoughts.
Its disappearance, however, was but momentary.
“Of course I won’t,” flashed Anne, with a momentary return of her old spirit.
Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction of the ventilator, which vanished immediately, but was succeeded by a strong smell of burning oil and heated metal.
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