transitorily

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English transitory Middle English -ly English -ly English transitorily From transitory + -ly.

1. In a transitory way.

   “With regard to similes of this kind, it will readily occur to the reader that when a resembling subject is once properly introduced in a simile, the mind is transitorily amused with the new object, and is not dissatisfied with the slight interruption.”

   “All parts of the experienced world are experienced transitorily. They appear and disappear.”