fleetingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fleeting

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English fleetingly

From fleeting + -ly.

Adverb

fleetingly (comparative more fleetingly, superlative most fleetingly)

1. in a fleeting manner; transiently

Synonyms

• briefly, flickeringly, temporarily; see also Thesaurus:temporarily

Translations

in a fleeting manner

• French: fugacement (fr)
• Spanish: fugazmente